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Article #871Re: Computers and human languages (was Re: What is a byte)
From: Frank Adams
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1987 23:42
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1987 23:42
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In article <2541@aw.sei.cmu.edu> firth@bd.sei.cmu.edu.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes: >We've beaten Russian to death, but did anyone point out that English also >requires diacritical marks above, beside, and below letters? They are >fast being dumped into the can~on of history due to the uncoo"perative >ro^le of ASCII terminals, but even a soupc,on of an acquaintance with >the real language should convince you they are not just mediaeval relics! It is my impression that these marks were very rarely used even before the advent of ASCII terminals. Further, of the four examples here, I would only classify one (uncooperative) as genuinely English; the others are unanglicized foreign words, complete with foreign marks. -- Frank Adams ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka Ashton-Tate 52 Oakland Ave North E. Hartford, CT 06108
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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!linus!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,sci.lang Subject: Re: Computers and human languages (was Re: What is a byte) Message-ID: <2401@mmintl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 21-Sep-87 19:42:31 EDT Article-I.D.: mmintl.2401 Posted: Mon Sep 21 19:42:31 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 25-Sep-87 06:12:06 EDT References: <218@astra.necisa.oz> <142700010@tiger.UUCP> <2792@phri.UUCP> <2351@mmintl.UUCP> <141@minya.UUCP> <2541@aw.sei.cmu.edu> Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT. Lines: 15