Re: Eth and Thorn characters

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From: Moderator, John S. Quarterman
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1988 17:13

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From: peter@usenix.org (Peter Salus)


In article <180@longway.TIC.COM>:
> From: uunet!mcvax!rhi.hi.is!magnus (Magnus Gislason)
> 
>         Magnus Gislason
>         University of Iceland,       Internet:  magnus@rhi.hi.is
>         Computing Center (RHI)       Uucp:  ...!mcvax!hafro!rhi!magnus

Despite the statement that edh (which I prefer to eth) and thorn 
are special Icelandic characters, it is worth noting that they 
occur in Old English as well.  For anyone involved in Germanic 
studies or phonetics they are important.  

I claim right to input as one who spent a delightful year at the 
University of Iceland a quarter century ago.

Peter H. Salus
Executive Director
USENIX Association

Volume-Number: Volume 14, Number 11

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!longway!std-unix
From: std-unix@longway.TIC.COM (Moderator, John S. Quarterman)
Newsgroups: comp.std.unix
Subject: Re: Eth and Thorn characters
Message-ID: <182@longway.TIC.COM>
Date: 25 Apr 88 17:13:06 GMT
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Reply-To: uunet!ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU!usenix!peter (Peter Salus)
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Keywords: Icelandic, ISO8859/1
Summary: Not "special Icelandic characters"
Approved: jsq@longway.tic.com (Moderator, John S. Quarterman)

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