Re: Armenian Eternity Sign (proposal)

This is a true dingbat, it is not used neither in Armenian, nor in Georgian
script if we stay within a scope of writing system. If we get beyond this
scope, then it is used both in Armenian and in Georgian "scripts".
(What about FARSI SYMBOL, there is no confusion, it is specific to a
culture, which uses Farsi script)

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Doug Ewell <doug_at_ewellic.org> wrote:

> satai <satai at akauri dot com> wrote:
>
> > I am not "worried", I am just trying to understand why keeping
> > national attribution for a common-use character is so principal, while
> > these symbols have specific meaning in more than one culture and the
> > proposed name is not a well-known one.
>
> I always assumed that ARMENIAN in the name of these characters referred
> to the script with which they are usually used, not the country of
> Armenia. Names of countries aren't normally used in character names;
> that's why we have FARSI SYMBOL.
>
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> Doug Ewell | Thornton, Colorado, USA
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Received on Thu Jan 19 2012 - 10:15:36 CST