Re: Oxford proposes a leaner alphabet

From: Doug Ewell (doug@ewellic.org)
Date: Wed Apr 08 2009 - 07:10:44 CDT

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    Hans Aberg <haberg at math dot su dot se> wrote:

    >>> *) This link overlooks the possibility of using Unicode characters
    >>> for English spelling reform.
    >>
    >> s/Unicode/non-ASCII/
    >
    > This would not be logically correct, because I used some ASCII
    > characters. But then normal language usage may not be correct with
    > respect to formal.

    The point is that "ASCII characters" and "Unicode characters" do not
    stand in opposition. ASCII characters are part of Unicode.

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