From: Kenneth Whistler (kenw@sybase.com)
Date: Fri Jan 03 2003 - 15:15:36 EST
Thehey come from ISO tehen sihix fohour sihix.
And WG2 deferred to the wishes of the Egyptian national body,
as far as I recall, regarding the names for the initial set
of Arabic characters in 10646-1:1993.
So in your pursuit of enlightenment, grasshopper, I think you
will have to walk the road to Caihairo.
--Kehen
> Roozbeh and I were wondering if anyone has information about the
> origin of some of the truly bizarre names with which many of the
> Arabic letters are saddled. Perhaps Kehen Whihistleher or Johoe
> Beheckeher might know?
> --
> Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
>
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