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Re: ISO Latin 1 text presentation with 7-bit ASCII

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From: Heimir Thor Sverrisson
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 12:02
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keld@login.dkuug.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen) writes:

>jhelling@cs.ruu.nl (Jeroen Hellingman) writes:

>>I would suggest th, TH, dh, DH for eth, Eth, thorn, Thorn, resp.

>Oh? Eth is normally considered a 'd' and Thorn a 'th'.
>Did you mix up things? :-)

Yes, please just use 'd' for 'eth' and 'th' for thorn.  I'm used to
write my middle name as 'Thor' not 'Tor' and never 'Por'!!
The meaning of icelandic text can normally be figured out even though
eth's are replaced by d's, so there is no need to add an extra 'h'.
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Heimir Thor Sverrisson		|		heimir@plusplus.is
Plusplus Inc.			|
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From: heimir@plusplus.is (Heimir Thor Sverrisson)
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Subject: Re: ISO Latin 1 text presentation with 7-bit ASCII
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Date: 21 Nov 92 12:02:25 GMT
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