Re: UAX #29 beta update (text breaks): apostrophe ./. H

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Tue Oct 28 2003 - 22:04:27 CST

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At 23:07 +0100 2003-10-27, Philippe Verdy wrote:

>The historic French word "hui" is now completely obsoleted, and commonly
>found only in the single expression "aujourd'hui", considered now as a
>single word (so in that case the break will not occur, and you will
>typically not find the word "hui" in a modern French dictionnary).

"Hui" < "hodie" 'today'. Cf. Spanish "hoy".

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