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Article #801Re: English unaccented?
From: Chris Torek
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1987 00:54
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1987 00:54
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I find it somewhat difficult to argue that `w' is an accented letter. Consider, however, Q and J: Q is, to all appearances, an O with a small stroke through the bottom. (Admittedly this does not hold for lowercase Q.) J is simply an I with a cedilla; this *does* hold for both upper and lower case, and in fact, the Latin alphabet did without J for years---recall the reigns of Iulius, Caesar. In any case, I think it should be clear by now that `accents' exist on the part of the viewer. I certainly want J, Q, and W in *my* computer's alphabet. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: seismo!mimsy!chris
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,sci.lang Subject: Re: English unaccented? Message-ID: <8157@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Aug-87 20:54:06 EDT Article-I.D.: mimsy.8157 Posted: Tue Aug 25 20:54:06 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Aug-87 03:41:42 EDT References: <218@astra.necisa.oz> <142700010@tiger.UUCP> <2792@phri.UUCP> <1434@ico.UUCP> Followup-To: comp.std.internat Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 13