From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Thu May 13 2004 - 10:09:36 CDT
I would like to repeat my apology to Michael Everson and to the rest of
the list. I am sorry that I wrongly blamed him for some past errors made
by the UTC, when it seems that these were not actually his
responsibility. I also apologise for not always making it clear that I
respect Michael's expertise and judgment as a script expert.
I am repeating this because I realise that my previous apology might
have been missed because it was at the end of a long posting.
I have attempted to keep this discussion focused on the issues and away
from ad hominem matters. But I accept that sometimes, in response to
those who have misunderstood me as attacking Michael ad hominem, I may
have stepped across the ad hominem line in what I have written. If so, I
apologise for this as well. But I should like to remind everyone that I
did not call Michael "arrogant" on the list, although some subscribers
have put these words in my mouth.
However, I remain confused about the facts:
On 12/05/2004 10:37, jcowan@reutershealth.com wrote:
> ...
>
>>Thanks for the clarification. I accept that I don't know all of the
>>history, and so I was assuming that what you said was correct, that
>>Michael's judgments had been accepted on most such issues.
>>
>>
>
>They *have* been accepted on most of the very few such issues that have arisen.
>
>
>
From what others have told me, the only significant such issues that
have arisen are Coptic disunification and Kurdish K and Q, and the UTC
did *not* initially accept Michael's judgments on these two. So, John,
what are some of the very few specific issues on which Michael's
judgments *have* been accepted? Perhaps this issue can be laid to rest
if they are identified.
By the way, Kurdish is not the only orthography which mixes Latin and
Cyrillic. I have on my desk a sample of a tentative orthography for a
minority language which includes a word
bьъbьъ
Yes, that's Latin b - Cyrillic soft sign - Cyrillic hard sign - Latin b
- Cyrillic soft sign - Cyrillic hard sign. (Or perhaps the soft sign
should actually be U+0185.) Fortunately I am in a position to exert some
influence to tidy this one up, if possible to use only Latin letters.
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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