Re: Unicode->ASCII approximate conversion

From: Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin (antonio@tuvalkin.web.pt)
Date: Tue Jan 06 2004 - 14:27:57 EST

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    On 2003.12.19, 13:21, D. Starner <shalesller@writeme.com> wrote:

    > 0108 - "CH" (Esperanto)
    > 011C, 011D - "GH", "gh" (E-o)
    > 0124, 0125 - "HH", "hh" (")
    > 0134, 0135 - "JH", "jh" (")
    > 015C, 015D - "SH", "sh" (")

    Actually, most of us use "x" instead of "h", as fall back in poor media.
    If terribly interested try < http://www.esperanto.web.pt/cxapelo1.htm >.

    > Depending on your goals, 015F & 0161 could be "sh", 0163 "ts", 017D
    > "zh", etc.

    This business of creating a sensible and general "diacritic stripping"
    or fall back scheme for 7-bit ASCII is very fishy. As we say in
    Portuguese, "Minha ama foi à caça" (Milady went hunting.) is not "Minha
    ama foi a caca." (Milady was the sh*t.)...

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