RE: Off topic: English orthography

From: Figge, Donald (Donald.Figge@usa.xerox.com)
Date: Tue Jul 27 1999 - 13:16:12 EDT


-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Horne [mailto:shorne@metaphasetech.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 2:13 PM
To: Unicode List
Cc: Unicode List
Subject: Re: Off topic: English orthography

>> When I need to write it, I make a mark that looks to me like a Cedilla,
>> but no one has
>> ever taught me the right way to draw it, which strokes to use in which
>> order,

>There is only one stroke, and it is written downward.

>> and I certainly have no clue how to do it when writing cursively.

It can be written as a straight, angled line or as an s-like squiggle. It's
a matter of style. The mark was derived from a small 's.'
Donald Figge
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