Re: German 0364 COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER E

From: Patrick Andries (Patrick.Andries@xcential.com)
Date: Sun Dec 28 2003 - 20:50:12 EST

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    De: "Doug Ewell" <dewell@adelphia.net>

    > Compare these to the Greek distinction between σ and "word-final" ς. I
    > would have assumed that current Greek usage of σ and ς is parallel to
    > 18th-century English usage of ſ and s, but TUS says (p. 176) that "use
    > of the final sigma is a matter of spelling convention," so that
    > assumption is probably overly simplistic.

    I'm rather suprised by this sentence from TUS, I always learned (in high
    school only note) the use ς in final position. When may a σ appear in the
    final position? Who uses this convention?

    This sentence seems to have been introduced in TUS 4.0 (I would like an
    annotated version of TUS showing the difference from its preceding major
    version).

    P. A.



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