Re: Aesthetics, etc. was Re: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)
From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, April 11, 2001, 16:34 |
Vasily Chernov wrote:
> >Right. Perhaps bring back thorn into common use. Tis such a
> >pretty letter!
>
>Hear! Hear!
>
>And yogh! And a few circumflexes. And some ae/oe ligatures!
>
>(but not edh: reminds of IPA)
Aren't you a bit illogical here? The "ae" and "oe" ligatures are quite
common in IPA, and it even has the small cap version of "OE", so
disqualifying edh for being in the IPA seems somewhat odd ...
Andreas
PS Speaking of weird signs, English could definitely do with an accent mark
- óbject vs objéct etc.
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