Re: Umlauts (was Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad)

--- Phillip Driscoll skrzypszy:

>I was once talking about fonts with a Polish man, and
>I referred to the hook at the bottom of a and e (nasalization,
>I believe) with the term "ogonek" ("tail," I believe). He
>found this quite humorous. I asked what he would call it,
>and he replied that he was not aware that the hook itself
>had a name.
That surprises me, because unless I've been misguided over the last 15
years, these letters are part of the Polish alphabet under the name "a z
ogonkiem" and "e z ogonkiem" (a resp. e with tail, indeed).

Jan

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