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unofficial and standard
Despite this unofficial standard, regional variations of American English have not only persisted but have actually intensified, according to linguist William Labov.
Although unofficial rankings are circulated within some participating nations, there is therefore no standard.
In chemistry, IUPAC established standard temperature and pressure ( informally abbreviated as STP ) as a temperature of 273. 15 K ( 0 ° C, 32 ° F ) and an absolute pressure of 100 kPa ( 14. 504 psi, 0. 986 atm, 1 bar ),< ref name =" IUPAC "> An unofficial, but commonly used, standard is standard ambient temperature and pressure ( SATP ) as a temperature of 298. 15 K ( 25 ° C, 77 ° F ) and an absolute pressure of 100 kPa ( 14. 504 psi, 0. 986 atm ).
0. 8 x 4 mm particles ( Top Secret or Classified ) ( unofficial extension of the DIN 32757-1 standard )
The logging format used by the MTA, known as syslog, was at first used solely by sendmail, but eventually became an unofficial standard format used by other unrelated programs for logging.
One can therefore say that Bokmål has a spoken realisation that one might call an unofficial standard spoken Norwegian.
There are also companies in the US, UK and DE who are unofficial resellers ; one notable example is Trisoft who prepare and certify the device to " CE " standard compliance.
DJGPP presents the programmer an interface which is compatible with the ANSI C and C99 standards, unofficial DOS standards, and an older POSIX Unix standard.
The number of publications in creole is increasing steadily, and an unofficial standard orthography is emerging.
However, a sawed-off shotgun is often an unofficial modification of a standard shotgun.
HRHD is an unofficial standard of encoding video, meaning that the video signal was ripped directly from a HDTV broadcast, then downsampled to approximately 960 × 540, and usually encoded with Xvid.
Their song " Halftime ( Stand Up and Get Crunk )" is now a standard in many NFL football stadiums, and is considered to be the unofficial anthem of the New Orleans Saints during their Super Bowl victory season, even though it has been a staple at Saints games since 2006.

unofficial and for
The club runs regular trips to the cabins, but many of the students prefer to take off in small unofficial groups for a weekend of hunting, fishing, climbing, or skiing.
He sucked in his breath and kept quiet while Killpath laid down the sheet again, wound the gold-wire stems of his glasses around his ears and then, eying the report as it lay before him on the desk, intoned, `` Acting Lieutenant Gunnar Matson one failed to see that the station keeper was properly relieved two absented himself throughout the entire watch without checking on the station's activities or the whereabouts of his section sergeants three permitted members of the Homicide Detail of the Inspector's Bureau to arrogate for their own convenience a patrolman who was thereby prevented from carrying on his proper assignment four failed to notify the station commander Acting Captain O. T. Killpath of a homicide occurring in the district five frequented extralegal establishments known as after-hours spots for purposes of an unofficial and purportedly social nature and six '' -- he leaned back and peeled off his glasses `` -- failed to co-operate with the Acting Captain by returning promptly when so ordered.
A port was in development for the 5200 and advertised as a launch title but never officially released, although an unofficial release was produced by AtariAge.
In order for the song to become the anthem, it had to face a vote between the Royal anthem God Save the Queen, the " unofficial anthem " Waltzing Matilda and Song of Australia.
:: 1973, 1995 *( Ajax also won in 1972, however, UEFA only sanctioned the UEFA Super Cup for the first time in 1973 so the 1972 edition was an unofficial one.
In 1899 the British Isles touring side returned to Australia for the first time since the unofficial tour of 1888.
Boxing historians sometimes use these unofficial newspaper decisions in compiling fight records for illustrative purposes only.
One of the unofficial slogans of the Jewish Defense League was " Bombs for balalaikas "..
Net-The unofficial site for Chaosium's d100 Basic Roleplaying game system.
The setting also had an unofficial conversion in 2004 to be used in Risus: The Anything RPG by Boyd Mayberry under their " Rules for Free Fan-Supplements and Articles ".
It hosted the FA Cup Final from 1920 to 1922, has held ten FA Cup semi-finals ( most recently in 1978 ), ten FA Charity Shield matches ( the last in 1970 ), and three England international matches, the last in 1932 ; it was also the venue for an unofficial Victory International in 1946.
Driscoll's 55 yard drop kick in 1924 stood as the unofficial record for field goal range until Bert Rechichar kicked a 56-yard field goal ( by placekick ) in 1953.
It was mainly designed for game developers even though it is possible to back up cartridges with it ( through the use of an unofficial V64 bios ).
After the 1997 publication of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Raymond was for a number of years frequently quoted as an unofficial spokesman for the open source movement.
His poem ( and song ) " Auld Lang Syne " is often sung at Hogmanay ( the last day of the year ), and " Scots Wha Hae " served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country.
In August 1979, Shearer was hired as a writer and cast member on Saturday Night Live, one of the first additions to the cast, and an unofficial replacement for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, who were both leaving the show.
As part of a dual strategy to avoid war via deterrence and appeasement of Germany, British leaders warned that they would go to war if Germany attacked Poland while at the same time tried to avoid war by holding unofficial talks with such would be peace-makers like the British newspaper proprietor Lord Kemsley, the Swedish businessman Axel Wenner-Gren and another Swedish businessmen Birger Dahlerus who attempted to work out the basis for a peaceful return of Danzig.
The territorial capital of Lecompton, Kansas, the target of much agitation, became such a hostile environment for Free-Staters that they set up their own unofficial legislature at Topeka.
As its unofficial librarian, Cassiodorus not only collected as many manuscripts as he could, he also wrote treatises aimed at instructing his monks in the proper uses of reading and methods for copying texts accurately.
Friedman served as an unofficial adviser to Ronald Reagan during his 1980 presidential campaign, and then served on the President's Economic Policy Advisory Board for the rest of the Reagan Administration.
note: unofficial exchange rates ranged in 2004 from 815 kyat / US dollar to nearly 970 kyat / US dollar, and by year end 2005, the unofficial exchange rate was 1, 075 kyat / US dollar ; data shown for 2003-05 are official exchange rates

unofficial and spoken
English ( official ), French ( official ), Jèrriais ( unofficial: spoken more commonly in country districts, used as a first language by around 2, 600 people ).
This is commonly called Standard Written Chinese or Modern Written Chinese to avoid ambiguity with spoken vernaculars, with the written vernaculars of earlier eras, and with modern unofficial written vernaculars such as written Cantonese or written Hokkien.
Arabic is the official language and the most spoken one. The unofficial, unwritten language known as Jeballi is the second most spoken language and the mother tongue of many in Salalah and its surrounding areas.
In his book, which is the most accredited account of spoken languages of Iran during the early Islamic era, Ibn Nadeem quotes the 8th century scholar Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa as having counted Khuzi among the Iranian languages and for having identified it as the unofficial language of the royalty of Iran.
The phrase mysterium fidei had previously been included in the formula of consecration of the wine spoken inaudibly by the priest, appearing as follows ( here accompanied by an unofficial English translation ):
In modern India, Braj Bhasha exists as an unofficial dialect spoken colloquially by natives of the region of Braj Bhoomi, with great cultural and religious significance.

unofficial and American
Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists on October 23, between 6: 02 AM and 6: 02 PM, making the date 6: 02 10 / 23 in the American style of writing dates.
But the most significant unofficial funding for the contras came in the form of secret payments from conservative Third World governments solicited by senior American officials.
* " Hail, Columbia ", an American patriotic song and unofficial national anthem until 1931
The Carter Administration signed the Taiwan Relations Act to maintain commercial, cultural, and other relations through the unofficial relations in the form of American Institute in Taiwan without official Government representation and without formal diplomatic relations.
Waltzing Matilda, often regarded by foreigners as Australia's unofficial national anthem, is a quintessential Australian country song, influenced more by Celtic folk ballads than by American Country and Western music.
* cancellation of the Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty ( a free trade policy whereby products were allowed into United States without taxes or tariffs starting in 1854 ), which was then considered to be beneficial for Canada, in 1865 by the United States, partly as a revenge against Great Britain for unofficial support of the South in the American Civil War
Various other unofficial trivial names are: American pike, common pike, great northern pike, Great Lakes pike, grass pike, snot rocket, slough shark, snake, slimer, slough snake, northern, gators ( due a head similar in shape to that of an alligator ), jack, jackfish, Sharptooth McGraw, Mr. Toothy and other such names as Long head and Pointy nose.
The Bonnie Blue Flag was an unofficial banner of the Confederate States of America at the start of the American Civil War in 1861.
The team played in the unofficial " Ohio League " and the American Professional Football Association ( renamed the National Football League in 1922 ).
Although he did not play " traditional " Hawaiian music, Ho became an unofficial ambassador of Hawaiian culture throughout the world as well as on the American mainland.
Based in Florida, the company would evolve into the unofficial US flag carrier, Pan American Airways, commonly known as Pan Am.
In 1933, Josephine Groves Holloway founded unofficial African American troops in Tennessee.
" It was penned in the state in the 1870s, and then spread throughout the American Old West as an unofficial anthem.
The first American Consul William Mayhew was probably pressured into leaving New Zealand, but was replaced by two unofficial Consuls, Green-Smith and Waetford.
As the relations between the United States government and American Indian tribes changed and a large number of unofficial medals flooded reservations, the significance of the medals declined.
The Koreans sent unofficial representatives to stall for time and hope the American Squadron would leave.
With Costa Rica still in the midst of a terrible economic recession, Monge opted to exchange sovereignty for economic stability: he gave in to pressure from the United States and accepted American financial assistance in exchange for allowing the CIA to set up small " unofficial " strategic outposts along the northern border.
It was officially adopted as the state song of Kansas on June 30, 1947, and is commonly regarded as the unofficial anthem of the American West.
Argentine and Chilean armies merged in the unofficial South American Patriot Army and continued the campaign together against the Spanish division commanded by Osorio.
In 1885 and 1886, the Western Football Association sent teams to New Jersey to play both indoor and outdoor matches against teams representing the American Football Association, then the unofficial governing body of soccer in the United States.
It was during this period that Murphey wrote " Geronimo's Cadillac ", a song about Indian rights that later became an unofficial anthem for the American Indian Movement in the early 1970s.
Marilyn Tucker Quayle ( born July 29, 1949 ) is an American lawyer, novelist, and political figure who is the wife of former U. S. Vice President Dan Quayle and held the unofficial title of Second Lady of the United States from 1989 until 1993.
The flag had initially been presented as a gift from American soldiers, and gradually became an unofficial symbol, although successive commanding officers had tried to ban its usage.

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