Re: [X] vs. [x]
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, March 27, 2004, 15:52 |
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Danny Wier scripsit:
> But Ossete uses this sign to indicate ejectivity; Caucasian uses something
> resembling a capital I.
That's the CYRILLIC LETTER PALOCHKA, adopted because it was already present
on Russian typewriters: Russian uses Roman numerals quite frequently,
thus requiring I and V (and perhaps L, I don't know). It is caseless.
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