diff --git a/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/Sami.cs b/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/Sami.cs
index e143f0877..975d95e1a 100644
--- a/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/Sami.cs
+++ b/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/Sami.cs
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.SubtitleFormats
             string language = Utilities.AutoDetectLanguageName("en_US", subtitle);
             var ci = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo(language.Replace("_", "-"));
             string languageTag = string.Format("{0}CC", language.Replace("_", string.Empty).ToUpper());
-            string languageName = ci.EnglishName;
-            if (ci.Parent != null)
-                languageName = ci.Parent.EnglishName;
+            string languageName = ci.Parent.EnglishName;
             string languageStyle = string.Format(".{0} [ name: {1}; lang: {2} ; SAMIType: CC ; ]", languageTag, languageName, language.Replace("_", "-"));
             languageStyle = languageStyle.Replace("[", "{").Replace("]", "}");
 
@@ -122,19 +120,21 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.SubtitleFormats
                     bool tagOn = false;
                     for (int i = 0; i < text.Length; i++)
                     {
-                        if (text.Substring(i).StartsWith("<font", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
-                            text.Substring(i).StartsWith("<div", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
-                            text.Substring(i).StartsWith("<i", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
-                            text.Substring(i).StartsWith("<b", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
-                            text.Substring(i).StartsWith("<s", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
-                            text.Substring(i).StartsWith("</", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                        string t = text.Substring(i);
+                        if (t.StartsWith('<') && 
+                            (t.StartsWith("<font", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
+                             t.StartsWith("<div", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
+                             t.StartsWith("<i", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
+                             t.StartsWith("<b", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
+                             t.StartsWith("<s", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
+                             t.StartsWith("</", StringComparison.Ordinal)))
                         {
                             totalLine.Append(EncodeText(partialLine.ToString()));
                             partialLine.Clear();
                             tagOn = true;
                             totalLine.Append('<');
                         }
-                        else if (text.Substring(i).StartsWith('>') && tagOn)
+                        else if (t.StartsWith('>') && tagOn)
                         {
                             tagOn = false;
                             totalLine.Append('>');