On 2004.07.14, 15:31, Alexander Savenkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 2004-07-13T13:57:37+03:00 Peter Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> In the original Russian, the two dots would appear over the
>> Cyrillic e only in rather specialised circumstances or in texts
>> marked up beginners.
>
> Correct. Some people however would like to change that (i.e. so that
> the dots are no longer optional).

Not unlike the situation of French (and other) accent on capitals:
Originally a technical constrain crudely solved to serve the tool
instead of the user.

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