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 avdrag av and piska ?) > >2) may also be used as a dingbat to indicate correctness > >3) used in Finno-Ugric Phonetic Alphabet to indicate a related >borrowed form with different sound > >P. Andries
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