Re: Importance of diacritics

From: Doug Ewell (dewell@adelphia.net)
Date: Mon Jul 12 2004 - 14:55:31 CDT

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    António Martins-Tuválkin <antonio at tuvalkin dot web dot pt> wrote:

    > «Soviet official Хрущёв (Qruxёv, pron. Hrueshawf, a.s.a. Krushchov
    > etc.) used his shoe in a quite unexpected manner this morning »…

    Interesting: António's message was encoded in CP1251, but his usual
    CP1252 signature was still inserted at the bottom, and looked quite
    different with all those Cyrillic characters.

    > Anyway, the funniest situation for "obscure" diacriticals to be left
    > may be when wishing a happy new year to your Spanish speaking friends
    > and associates... ;-)

    "Happy new WHAT?!?"

    > Antуnio MARTINS-Tuvбlkin | ()|
    > <antonio@tuvalkin.web.pt> |####|
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    -Doug Ewell
     Fullerton, California
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