Re: U+2052 COMMERCIAL MINUS SIGN

2002-04-15 Thread Michael Everson
It's a generic glyph that has many uses. At 11:37 -0400 2002-04-15, Patrick Andries wrote: >Why does this character seem to be unified with other characters >have a similar glyph ? > >1) abzüglich (German), med avdrag av (Swedish), piska (Swedish, « whip ») > > (what is the meaning of med avdra

Re: U+2052 COMMERCIAL MINUS SIGN

2002-04-15 Thread Kenneth Whistler
Stefan responded to Patrick Andries: > > 1) abzüglich (German), med avdrag av (Swedish), piska (Swedish, « whip ») > > > > (what is the meaning of med avdrag av and piska ?) > > Med avdrag av piska = with deduction by whip > > It's non-sense. That's not very helpful, is it? "med avdrag av"

Re: U+2052 COMMERCIAL MINUS SIGN

2002-04-15 Thread Stefan Persson
- Original Message - From: "Patrick Andries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: den 15 april 2002 17:37 Subject: U+2052 COMMERCIAL MINUS SIGN > 1) abzüglich (German), med avdrag av (Swedish), piska (Swedish, « whip ») > > (what is the mea

U+2052 COMMERCIAL MINUS SIGN

2002-04-15 Thread Patrick Andries
Why does this character seem to be unified with other characters have a similar glyph ? 1) abzüglich (German), med avdrag av (Swedish), piska (Swedish, « whip ») (what is the meaning of med avdrag av and piska ?) 2) may also be used as a dingbat to indicate correctness 3) used in Finno-Ug