Re: OT: Georgian road signs (Re: OT: Dvorak)
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, July 27, 2008, 15:47 |
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On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 10:09, Tristan McLeay <conlang@...> wrote:
> My understanding is that in German at least the distinction between
> long and short s isn't algorithmic, because an s before morpheme
> boundaries etc is short. So --- although a word-processor equipped with
> a dictionary could be able to do it for you, a font can't.
That's my understanding, too.
A minimal pair is Wachſtube (Wach-stube: guard room) vs Wachstube
(Wachs-tube: tube of wax).
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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