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Date: Tue Feb 17 2004 - 18:02:47 EST
Philippe Verdy scripsit:
> I see some similarities between the undetermined vowel tainting letter (the
> subscripted x) and the leading star in the expression, used to denote an
> undetermined infered historic letter. Shouldn't both use the same glyph with
> just a distinct positioning? Could it be that the undetermined vowel tainting
> letter be shown as a subscripted star ?
No, no. The * does not mean "undetermined letter", it means "hypothetical
reconstruction". It can also mean "erroneous or non-existent expression".
In either case, it is a plain ASCII *.
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