At 09:27 1998/03/13 -0800, John Cowan wrote:
>Peter Westlake wrote:
>
>> Kolbj�rn Aamb�@unicode.org wrote:
>> > Would not something like:
>> >
>> > Aa:�:��:�:��:��:��:��,Bb,Cc:��,Dd,Ee:�����,Ff,Gg,Hh,
>> > I:�i����,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn:��,O
>> > o:���:��:��:��:��,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu:���,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy:��,Zz.
>> >
>> > be apropriate for english searching?
>>
>> Yes. In fact, that could be the value of the ordered equivalence
>> class for letters in English, except that I think you are including
>> extra information about how letters sort within each class.
>
>How's that again? The Y to � equivalence would seem to be
>purely Nordic, certainly not English. English would probably
>expect to see � collate with U.
Make that, "those bits that I bothered to read looked English" :-)
Peter.
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