From: Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD (pzi@ingerman.org)
Date: Thu Jan 22 2009 - 12:09:14 CST
What about "obsolescent"?
Peter Ingerman
Mark Davis wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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 No longer current or applicable; antiquated: 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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