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Re: Scripts

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Friday, July 5, 2002, 21:53
Joe wrote:
> > Yeah, I miss þ and ð. Especially þ, but at least you can still type them. > (who would have thought, ancient symbols still being available on a computer > 800 years after their abandonment)
The Icelanders still use ð and, I think, þ. Problem with þ is it looks a lot like "p", so that using it looks like "þornography" to use a friend of mine's joke. :-) Also, Macs show thorn as "fl" for some reason. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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