From: Mark Davis (mark@macchiato.com)
Date: Thu Jan 22 2009 - 11:27:20 CST
I tried 'obsolete', but that doesn't work either. What we need is a pithy
term or phrase for "not in customary modern use", so if you can think of
one.... "Nonmodern"? (ugg)
Mark
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 15:50, Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> On 1/19/2009 3:59 PM, Mark Davis wrote:
>
>> "no longer customarily used in modern texts" is pretty much what archaic
>> means. These are listed as Archaic in the Unicode book - if they are not, we
>> should correct that (although it is unclear from your message).
>>
> Mark,
>
> look at a typical dictionary definition of "archaic":
>
> 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a much earlier, often more
> primitive period, especially one that develops into a classical stage of
> civilization: <I>an archaic bronze statuette; Archaic Greece.</I>
> 2. No longer current or applicable; antiquated: <I>archaic laws.</I>
> 3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of words and language that were once
> in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier
> style or period.
>
> Spellings can change rather suddenly, therefore, something might no longer
> be in common use, but still lack the sense of "long ago" that seems tied
> up with the term "archaic". As you can see from several of the definitions,
> there's also a decided element of value judgment connoted with the use of
> the term. I believe in the context of Unicode, it it would be better if the
> term "archaic" was reserved for contexts where characters or scripts fell
> out of use centuries ago.
>
> A./
>
>
>
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