Re[2]: Importance of diacritics

2004-07-15 Thread Alexander Savenkov
2004-07-14T19:20:35+03:00 Peter Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For in Russian these dots are considered highly optional, and e with dots (pronounced o or yo - a spelling rule prescribes this instead of o after certain letters when stressed) is not a separate letter of the alphabet (contrast i

Re[2]: Importance of diacritics

2004-07-14 Thread Alexander Savenkov
Hello, 2004-07-13T13:57:37+03:00 Peter Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the original Russian, the two dots would appear over the Cyrillic e only in rather specialised circumstances or in texts marked up beginners. Correct. Some people however would like to change that (i.e. so that the dots