From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Thu Mar 27 2003 - 13:18:37 EST
At 11:17 -0600 27/03/2003, Peter_Constable@sil.org wrote:
>Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com> wrote on 03/27/2003 10:53:31 AM:
>
>> Because, Peter, we do not encode things without knowing what they are
> > for and how and by whom they are used. Questions regarding use are
> > part of the Proposal Summary Form.
>
>But the question of use can be answered without specifying all the
>languages and phonemes.
Sorry. I would never agree to encode a letter for which we had no
idea of its use. "What languages is it used in" does not imply an
exhaustive list, and "what sound was it intended to represent" allows
comparison between the original use of the letter and modern
orthographies. Such information is relevant.
-- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
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