Re: Sindhi characters proposed

From: Patrick Andries (patrick.andries@xcential.com)
Date: Sun Apr 03 2005 - 17:54:01 CST

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    Patrick Andries a écrit :

    > John Hudson a écrit :
    >
    >> Michael Everson wrote:
    >>
    >>> Thank you. As usual, I just see a cumulation of reasons all leading
    >>> to the same point; I don't weight the arguments against each other.
    >>> I see no argument *for* encoding a combining implosive mark.
    >>
    >>
    > There could be one if unknown (to us as yet) implosive sindhi
    > characters may be discovered later. It is not sufficient to say « for
    > simplicity's sake » I have encoded 4 characters rather than a single
    > mark, it is worthwhile analysing other alternatives and show why they
    > are unlikely to help (only one extra implosive possible according to
    > IPA notations) and why there are more complicated (usually 1 is
    > simpler than 4 but maybe not here).
    >
    > P. A.

    Sorry, second time I attribute today a quote to the wrong author. I was
    answering Michael, not John.

    P. A.
    (cardinal blush)



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