From: John Hudson (john@tiro.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 12 2007 - 16:22:52 CDT
Philippe Verdy wrote:
> Can we agree on the terminology to adopt when referring to these characters?
> "generic base" or "generic base symbols" (as they are not intended to be
> letters but used as a distinct notation to be replaced by actual letters).
I would call them simply generic bases, because while they might be said to stand in for
letters, their primary function is to provide a base for the combining marks. When I
employ such a character, I don't think of it as a stand-in symbol for a letter, but as a
conventional base for a combining mark or marks.
John Hudson
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