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Unicode yogh? (fwd)

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Sunday, November 18, 2001, 19:58
Michael Everson scripsit:
> At 22:46 -0500 2001-11-17, John Cowan wrote: > > > > I was remembering a real tour-de-force of an argument > > > for doing this written by Michael Everson > > That would be http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso10646/wynnyogh/ezhyogh.html > > > > What I admired about it is that he was Right, but Right > >> about a point most people would think far too trivial to be concerned > >> with, yet he went to immense pains to state with great clarity and at > >> great length the arguments for there being a yogh/ezh distinction. > > Thank you. > > >And not only was he Right, but he was Successful, as in his other argument > >that Thorn should sort after Z as a distinct 27th letter of the Latin > >alphabet. > > That would be http://www.evertype.com/standards/wynnyogh/thorn.html > > >Let us all rejoice, for twice has the Right triumphed. > > Please can we have Kurdish Q and W now? > -- > Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com > 15 Port Chaeimhghein Íochtarach; Baile Átha Cliath 2; Éire/Ireland > Telephone +353 86 807 9169 *** Fax +353 1 478 2597 (by arrangement) >
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