Re: LaTeX / Metafont was Re: Arabic transliteration

On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 11:47:04AM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
[snip]
> No problem.  Walk, jog, cycle, drive, or fly to your nearest bookstore
Mmmm. I think I will _je're_ the _jyy'i_.[*] ;-)

> -- not a rack of paperbacks in a convenience store, but an actual
> bookstore, anywhere in the world.  They will happily order any book in
> print for you, and even call you when the book arrives.
Ahh. I think I've actually seen Special Order booths in local bookstores
before. Why didn't it click before?! I must've been conlanging too much.
:-P *kicks self*

> Then go back with a fistful of dead presidents (or local equivalent),
> and you will have what you wanted.
[snip]

It's dead Queens on this side of the border. :-) Well, sometimes dead
premiers/generals/etc., but since the Queen *is* the figurehead... Oh, and
dead ducks and loons, too, but those are just side-effects. :-P

[*] Obscure Ebisedian references:
_je're_ = literally, "to door". I.e., to enter, to go through a door, to
        exit via a door, etc..
_jyy'i_ = "door", "gate", "(tele)portal".


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