Encoding issue is that Unicode should not introduce new characters to a language (like 0bb6) to fix what it thinks is a combination should be of a symbol like sRi.
It is utter dictatorship to introduce a new character to toe the line with other languages which have totally different system of alphabet. It is utterly wrong to encode/force a new characters as scudo-double encoding, when that character is already exists in tamil. have you ever thought, if we say we have very fundarmental consonant phonemes of abou 64, would you have the courage to go and fix the encoding of say English, nor devanagari? The encoding problem is the UC's political problem, not technical problem. UC want to enforce on the powerless minorities probably to make some money from others?? Tamil grammar defines 30+3 characters. UC is involved in character encoding. But UC says they do not care about grammar. Does this mean UC does not understand that grammar is on character is scientific/technical, or do they even know that a grammar can have rules just on alphabet? technical issu and the encoding issue is, follow the scientific grammars of a Tamil alphabet. Inventing new characters is not the duty of UC, but grammar. Sinnathurai --- On Fri, 26/11/10, John Hudson <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Hudson <[email protected]> Subject: [indic] Re: Revisit Tamil sRi definition in Unicode. To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 26 November, 2010, 1:49 I asked for technical issues related to computer encoding, not yet more insistence on the specialness and uniqueness of Tamil. I've got a Jewish colleague who will happily spend hours asserting to you that the Hebrew alphabet is the only one that is of direct divine origin, and he will also provide you with illustrated citations of Jewish grammarians demonstrating the relationship of Hebrew letters to the shape of the mouth and, yes, places of articulation. This is all very interesting as a cultural phenomenon, but nothing to do with computer encoding. JH -- Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com Gulf Islands, BC [email protected] A pilgrimage is a journey undertaken in the light of a story. -- Paul Elie
