From: Mark Davis (mark@macchiato.com)
Date: Thu Jan 22 2009 - 13:25:59 CST
What I've actually had in the mockup picker is "- Uncommon or Variants - ",
see http://macchiato.com/picker/MyApplication.html
Mark
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:40, Phillips, Addison <addison@amazon.com> wrote:
> "arcane"
>
> "unusual"
>
> "rare"
>
> "uncommon"
>
> "limited usage"
>
> "specialized"
>
> "archaic"
>
> "not customary"
>
>
>
> One of the problems is that your collection(s) are sometimes in "modern"
> usage in one context or another… just not common usage in its given script
> for most language(s) written in that script. All of the terms you're
> considering seem to have an implied pejorative even if none is actually
> intended.
>
>
>
> Addison Phillips
>
> Globalization Architect -- Lab126
>
>
>
> Internationalization is not a feature.
>
> It is an architecture.
>
>
>
> *From:* unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Mark Davis
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:27 AM
> *To:* Asmus Freytag
> *Cc:* Aiet Kolkhi; Matitiahu Allouche; Unicode; UTC;
> unicore-bounce@unicode.org
> *Subject:* Re: Obsolete characters
>
>
>
> I tried 'obsolete', but that doesn't work either. What we need is a pithy
> term or phrase for "not in customary modern use", so if you can think of
> one.... "Nonmodern"? (ugg)
>
> Mark
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 15:50, Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
>
> On 1/19/2009 3:59 PM, Mark Davis wrote:
>
> "no longer customarily used in modern texts" is pretty much what archaic
> means. These are listed as Archaic in the Unicode book - if they are not, we
> should correct that (although it is unclear from your message).
>
> Mark,
>
> look at a typical dictionary definition of "archaic":
>
> 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a much earlier, often more
> primitive period, especially one that develops into a classical stage of
> civilization: <I>an archaic bronze statuette; Archaic Greece.</I>
> 2. No longer current or applicable; antiquated: <I>archaic laws.</I>
> 3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of words and language that were once
> in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier
> style or period.
>
> Spellings can change rather suddenly, therefore, something might no longer
> be in common use, but still lack the sense of "long ago" that seems tied
> up with the term "archaic". As you can see from several of the definitions,
> there's also a decided element of value judgment connoted with the use of
> the term. I believe in the context of Unicode, it it would be better if the
> term "archaic" was reserved for contexts where characters or scripts fell
> out of use centuries ago.
>
> A./
>
>
>
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