Re: 03F3 j Greek Letter yot

From: Otto Stolz (Otto.Stolz@uni-konstanz.de)
Date: Thu Feb 17 2005 - 08:30:52 CST

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Hello,

> At 07:27 AM 2/16/2005, Peter Kirk wrote:
> Indeed this was even found on the cover of the 1957 edition of "DER
> GROßE DUDEN" (see image in N2888), so Duden speaks with a forked
> tongue on this one. And Unicode is supposed to represent actual usage,
> whether or not it is officially recognised.

Asmus Freytag schrieb:
> I'm sure you are aware that the split of the country also affected the
> Duden, in a way that split went deeper than a mere 'forked tongue'.

Indeed, "DER GROßE DUDEN" (see image in N2888) was the Leipzig (Eastern)
counterpart of the Mannheim (Western) "DUDEN : Die Rechtschreibung : Maß-
gebend in allen Zweifelsfällen" (original casing exactly quoted).

Best wishes,
OS

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