On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 3:58 PM, Michael Everson via Unicode < unicode@unicode.org> wrote:
> > It is a mistake or misinterpretation of evidence provided (modern > samples and samples from 19th c., provided in N4712 in the same context, > are of different nature, it is clear even from images) and §8 of the > document states opposite. > No, it is a question of orthography, as I have shown with my > English/French/German examples. Structurally, the script has case. > Orthographically case is used in a way differently from other casing > scripts. > Then how can you prove it is a case and not a stylistic variation? Let's compare with a case of Hebrew or Arabic, for example. > > The criteria for presence of orthographic distinction between cases is > clear: there must be either some typical usage of a case (like USA) or > there must be a semantic difference between different cases (like smith vs. > Smith). > Your analysis is mistaken. There is no “must”. > You can formulate your criteria probably. > There is no Georgian orthography rules that regulate use of upper-case. If > I am wrong, I will be happy to see an orthographic rule that distinguish > between upper- and lowercase or, at least, recommends to use uppercase. > The rule is given clearly in N4712 §8. > Does it mean that N4712 provides orthographic rules for Georgian?? > > What about samples from 19th century, it was the same attempt (under > Cyrillic influence), as an attempt of Shanidze in the middle of 20th > century (however, Shanidze used Asomtavruli, which, again, only proves that > there were no uppercase for Mkhedruli except on the level of an idea). > Figures 1 through 6 show examples of Georgian using an orthographic rule > which is common to Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian and so on. > There is no controversy. > > There were no orthography rules on that and, even more, it was not > orthography as well. > Perhaps your error is in thinking that there were formally codified > orthographic rules published by some Academy or other. You stated the rule is orthographic. Can you provide any proof except re-asserting what is already stated in N4712? What do you mean by "orthographic", by the way -- simply a habit of writing, or whether a written text is correct or not? Sincerely, Alex.