Re: Whistler's Conjecture (was: Re: Emoji: emoticons vs. literacy)

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Date: Fri Jan 09 2009 - 17:03:45 CST

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    Quoting "John H. Jenkins" <jenkins@apple.com>:

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    > On Jan 9, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Kenneth Whistler wrote:
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    >> This because the IRG and other Han enthusiasts have determined
    >> that Oracle Bone script (Jaiguwen), Bronze script (Jinwen),
    >> and Small Seal script (Xiao Zhuan) need to be disjointly
    >> encoded and have prevailed upon WG2 to approve the Tertiary
    >> Ideographic Plane to roadmap their allocations. (OT comments
    >> about Han fossils discovered on the Tertiary planes
    >> of China are invited.)
    >>
    >> I'm not expecting even initial proposals for the Tertiary
    >> Ideographic Plane to show up for some time yet, however.
    >>
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    > Pace Dr. Whistler, I think there's a very real possibility that
    > future CJK Extensions will fill up and overflow the SIP. But at the
    > rate things are proceeding, it's not going to happen in my lifetime.
    >

    Well hopefully in our lifetime.

    I estimate the overflow of CJK Extensions from the SIP will take place
    sometime between 2020 and 2025 - which assumes the rate will increase
    a little. [At the current rate for 21st century this would take place
    sometime between 2040 and 2050.]

    John Knightley

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