Well, in my dialect of Engish, 'ken' and 'can' are nearly indistinguishable, and
there are many "can's" in Unicode; probably more than "mark's".

I'm reminded of what farmer is supposed to have once said about his produce: "We
eat what we can, and what we can't, we can."

> P.S. On the other hand, if you asked him nicely, Mark might
> find the more marked form, NFD, to his liking, especially
> since it is likely to contain more combining marks. Mark
> is definitely in favor of markedness. I, on the other hand,
> am definitely in favor of kennings, but we have found little
> practical or architectural use for them in the Unicode
> character-sea.


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