RE: Hebrew script in IDN

From: Jony Rosenne (jr@qsm.co.il)
Date: Wed Nov 23 2005 - 14:37:37 CST

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org
    > [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] On Behalf Of Cary Karp
    > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:49 PM
    > To: 'Unicode Discussion'
    > Subject: RE: Hebrew script in IDN
    >
    >
    > Quoting Jony Rosenne:
    >
    > >> Before telling users what they should be doing, shouldn't we
    > >> first find out what most of them actually are doing?
    > >
    > > Regarding the use of Yiddish in IDN, I hazard a guess: nothing,
    > > absolutely nothing.
    >
    > The purpose of this discussion is to determine a sound basis for the
    > introduction of IDN support for Yiddish. As far as I know, no TLD
    > has begun accepting registration of Yiddish names, so the estimated
    > zero uptake at this point is correct by definition.

    This is what I thought.

    >
    > So what?

    So the users are not doing anything, and the discussion does not need to
    consider compatibility with non-existing current usage of Yiddish in IDN and
    is free to suggest any solution, such as not allowing the ligatures.

    Jony

    >
    > /Cary
    >
    >
    >



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