RE: IPA Null Consonant

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Thu May 29 2003 - 11:26:40 EDT

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At 16:01 +0200 2003-05-29, Kent Karlsson wrote:
>Michael Everson wrote:
>> >(Remember that the empty set symbol really was an O with stroke,
>> >originally!)
>>
>> Surely a 0 with stroke, not a O with stroke.
>
>The empty set sign was originally definitely the Norwegian/Danish letter
>CAPITAL O WITH STROKE.

I do not believe you.

>It never was related at all to a ZERO with stroke.

Why not? Zero and emptiness are closely related.

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