Re: Cyrillic for English
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Tuesday, December 14, 1999, 13:26 |
|---|
At 09:19 -0800 10.12.1999, Roland Hoensch wrote:
>
>Three letters granted. That leaves English with 30-35 seperate
>sounds and 26 letters. I won't say that's good or bad... but three
>letters when about a good 10-12 were needed is a small start
>if anything.
IMO there is nothing wrong with digraphs (_n_-graphs actually), or with
diacritics, *if* consistently/systematically formed and employed.
/BP
B.Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> <melroch@...>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__
Anant' avanaute quettalmar! \ \
__ ____ ____ _____________ ___ __ __ __ / /
\ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / /
/ / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / /
/ /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Melarocco\_ // /__/ // /__/ /
/_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine__ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\
I neer Pityancalimeo\ \_____/ /ar/ /_atar Mercasso naan
~~~~~~~~~Cuinondil~~~\_______/~~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~
|| Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda cuivie aiya! ||
"A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)