Re: s-j combination in Unicode?

From: Asmus Freytag <asmusf_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:22:08 -0800

On 2/15/2013 11:59 PM, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:56:17PM -0600, Ben Scarborough wrote:
>> On Feb 16, 2013 02:13, Andries Brouwer wrote:
>>> The fragment of text I showed
>>> was not from dialectology, but just from a novel written in Elfdalian.
>>> The symbols are meant to be those of ordinary orthography.
>> Does that mean there's also a capital S-J?
> Probably, in entirely capitalized text. At sentence start I see
> capitalized I-ogonek, O-ogonek, U-ogonek, Å-ogonek in ordinary text.
> I have only seen the s-j following d or t, not word-initially.
>
> Andries
>
>
That would make it analogous in a way to German ß.

The minute things show up in real orthographies the pressure to handle
ALL CAPS exists.

The wider use an orhography has, the stronger that pressure is, of course.

A./
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