(reminded of a South Park Episode... the spelling bee in "Hooked on Monkey Phonics")
excerpt: ----------------------------- MAYOR: Here we go - "kroxldyphivc". KYLE: What?!? MAYOR: "kroxldyphivc". KYLE: Definition? MAYOR: Something which has a kroxldyph-like quality. KYLE: Uh, could you use it in a sentence? MAYOR: Certainly -- " 'Kroxldyphivc' is a hard word to spell." ----------------------------- Of course, with a definition and usage example like that, its no wonder Kyle messed up the word and lost the spelling bee. :-) MichKa ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Everson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 11:07 PM Subject: Re: Revised N2586R > It seems to me the proposal would present a stronger case if samples were > available that were something *other* than an explanation of the symbol in > a dictionary, encyclopaedia, or other reference. It would be similar to > these kinds of samples if I were to create a proposal using as a sample > the Phonetic Symbol Guide, but that might not clearly show if a character > was something that was merely proposed by someone at one time but never > actually used -- in such a case, taking a sample from Phonetic Symbol > Guide does not really demonstrate the need to encode as a character for > text representation. Likewise, the sample for (e.g.) the fleur-de-lis > doesn't really provide a case that this should be a character to > facilitate representation in text. It wouldn't be hard to provide a > comparable descriptive paragraph that began with an image of the Stars and > Stripes, but I don't think we'd want to encode the US flag as a character. > > I'm not saying that I oppose the proposed characters; just that samples of > a different nature would make for a stronger case. > > > - Peter > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > Peter Constable > > Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International > 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA > Tel: +1 972 708 7485 > > >
