Maybe we are just being weird here.
We ought to try to avoid twisting language, even if we do pretty much operate within our own little techie world here.
Still haven't got the multiplication riddle solved, Mr. Kass?
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$B!!!_$"$+$M(B
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$B!!$"$^$s$1(B NFEGT FM MGYWPRMKA FM F SFNNGYGB IWOG
$B$M$1$"$:!!(B IWKK QGT FT IPQGT ZFXG GHRFK YWJZNM.
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>Transliteration just means to write something using the characters
>of another alphabet. Legibility is the focus, so numbers or
>symbols shouldn't enter the picture.
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>A transcription is simply a copy (usually in the same
>language/script as the source, otherwise it wouldn't be a copy).
>An exception would be a typed transcript of something
>originally written in shorthand.
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>This according to Webster's New World Dictionary (of English),
>a recognized authority (on English).
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>Best regards,
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>James Kass.
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