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We can put this on the agenda to discuss on our teleconference on 18 Apr. Rebecca On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Christian Galinski wrote: > While not advocating to use every and any names for languages/dialects > around in use, I would like to stress again that we do not have > sufficient rules for preferred names, admitted names, deprecated names, > colloquial names, insulting names, outdated names, etc.... and how to > order them (if listed on the screen or on paper). > > rgds > Christian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of Peter Constable > Sent: Dienstag, 28. März 2006 19:10 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: New ISO 630 proposal - Arpitan; Francoprovenç al - disc > ussion > > > > From: ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > > Behalf Of Milicent K Wewerka > > > > "Patois" (or "Patoues") is not a language name. > > I'm inclined to think that "Patois" is used as a language name whenever > someone says, "They speak Patois" (though not if someone says, "they > speak a patois"). (My French isn't good enough to know how "Ils parlent > patois" would be understood.) > > It's just a highly a ambiguous name. And so much so that I would not > think it worth while listing as an alternate name. > > > > Peter >