Re: Umlauts (was Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad)
| From: | Muke Tever <hotblack@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 17:17 |
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 18:05:15 +0200, Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
wrote:
> Isn't "caron" also the name of the hacek-like or upside-down hacek-like
> mark used in proofreading to show an insertion into the text?
That's a 'carat' or 'caret'.
Presumably 'caret' was thought of as diminutive and 'caron' formed as the
augmentative?
*Muke!
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