Re: Transcriptions of "Unicode"

[Jon Babcock]

John Jenkins wrote:

   On Thursday, January 11, 2001, at 10:25 AM, Richard Cook wrote:

   > Which one do people like?
   >
   > http://my.ispchannel.com/~markdavis//unicode/Unicode_transcription_images/
   > U_Chinese2.gif

   Is much better.  "Unified Code"

   > http://my.ispchannel.com/~markdavis//unicode/Unicode_transcription_images/
   > U_Chinese3.gif
   >

   Stinks.  "Standard International Code"

At first glance, I agreed. But then if the U_Chinese3.gif, gets
shortened to the last three characters, wanguo ma, as I suspect it
would in practice, I'd favor it slightly over the three-character
tongyi ma of U_Chinese2.gif. FWIW. To me, wanguo ma emphasizes the
multilingual aspect, whereas tongyi ma emphasizes the unifying aspect,
but it isn't fully apparent, from the name (tongyi ma) alone, what is
being unified. 

Jon

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