Re: Two questions about Esperanto
From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
Date: | Thursday, July 8, 2004, 1:02 |
Mark J. Reed scripsit:
> The use of <x> avoids any possibility of such ambiguity, because <x> is
> not a letter in the Esperanto alphabet.
In addition, it keeps the sort order close to correct: in Esperanto, c
sorts before c-circumflex, and using cx for the latter means that only
words beginning cz (if any) will sort out of order when ASCIIbetically sorted.
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