Re: How to encode abbreviations [Was: Representative glyphs for combining kannada signs]

From: Séamas Ó Brógáin (leabhair@iol.ie)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2006 - 11:09:26 CST

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Walter wrote:

> . . . Does anyone know the 'etymology' of the degree sign?
>

Acording to the experts, it was probably at first a superscript zero.

Séamas Ó Brógáin
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