Re: Latinized Ukrainian orthography (was: Missing Words)

 --- "Y.Penzev" <isaacp@...> wrote:
> Hi! Sabbath is coming quickly, so I'll post a more
> detailed reply on
> Monday. ok?
If this reply is supposed to be the short one, then
I'm curious about the long one :)))

> I did NOT mean *transliteration*!!!
> I mean a NEW Latin-based SCRIPT!!!
> Down with stupid ISO standards!
Yes!!! That's the spirit! Let's kill them bastards
:)))

> Oh, certainly no! Nobody except some
> ultra-nationalists use Latin script
> for Belarussian...
Now you mention it... I remember now that the Latin
script is also used by (the majority of?) the
Belorussian community in Poland, and that it is
advocated by at least part of the Belorussian
opposition. I looked at the website you directed me
to, and realized that this script is really a Polish
derivate.

> Do zustrichy w ponedilok, B-h dastj...
> Yitzik
Yes, and have a nice weekend!

Jan

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