It was an Asimov story, I think - I should remember for sure, but don't.
But it's too similar in style to his "tell all the Foys on Sortibackenstrete
that I will soon be there" punch line to give it to Clarke.
(Asimov, Azimov, I doubt he'd have cared).
Patrick Rourke
----- Original Message -----
From: <Peter_Constable@sil.org>
To: "Unicode List" <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: Close enough
>
> On 02/26/2001 11:53:27 AM dank wrote:
>
> >Wait a minute.... You want to insert this:
> >
> >ISOMORPHIC BOWL-OF-WRATH SPANNER WITH JEWS HARP ACCOMPANIMENT.
> >
> >Can't you use instead the existing american equivelent?
> >
> >"ISOMORPHIC BOWL-OF-WRATH WRENCH WITH JEWS HARP ACCOMPANIMENT"
> >
> >Should be close enough....
>
>
> Ah, but the Spanner I was thinking of was a spaceship from a short story
by
> Arthur C. Clark (or was it Azimov?). (The story tells of this ship flying
> too close to a neutron star, leaving nothing but a star-mangled Spanner.)
> So, these are most certainly distinct and unrelated characters.
>
>
>
> - Peter
>
>
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