LL-L "Language policies" 2002.08.04 (04) [E]

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From: Colin Wilson <lcwilson at btinternet.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language policies" 2002.08.02 (01) [E]

At 15:44 02/08/02, Mathieu. van Woerkom wrote:
>Today, I received the following message:
>
>>> The ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee has approved the following item:
>>> English name:  Limburgish; Limburger; Limburgan
>>> French name:  limbourgeois
>>> Indigenous name:  Limburgs
>>> Alpha-2 identifier:  li
>>> Alpha-3 identifier:  lim
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Håvard Hjulstad
>>> Acting chairman of the ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee
>
>Nice to see they're also using the Lowlands-L name for the language
>(Limburgish).
>Can anyone tell me when those language identifiers are used?

My employer, Logica UK Ltd, maintains a record of every employee's
language skills. In those records, languages are identified by their
code from ISO 639, as well as by name.

When first I joined the company I was required to provide the relevant
information and, among the other,s I gave one of my languages as SCO
(Scots) with a proficiency of 5 (signifying native or bilingual
ability).

One particular manager challenged me over this and asked whether SCO
is a standard code, the implication being that I myself had
invented it. (For some reason, she only asked about that one, not
about any of the others I'd given.) Of course, I was able to point
to the relevant part of ISO 639.

In that respect, the standard is very useful.

Goodwill to all,

Colin Wilson.

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From: Colin Wilson <lcwilson at btinternet.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language policies" 2002.07.29 (05) [E]

At 04:36 30/07/02, Reinhard/Ron wrote:

>How would it sit with the faculties and administrations of Scottish
>universities if someone submitted a thesis or dissertation in Scots?
>Has this been done or attempted?

It was done at least twice in the 1990s. However, most academic
institutions have a policy that such works must be in English, and
those written in Scots were submitted and accepted on the understanding
(or pretence) that the language in them was a form of English.

Goodwill to all,

Colin Wilson.

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