Re: Encoding of personal names in official databases

From: Rick McGowan (rmcgowan@apple.com)
Date: Tue Mar 30 1999 - 16:30:01 EST


Trond.Trosterud@hum.uit.no wrote...

> We have large amounts of Finns and Swedes, their הצ are replaced with
> זר.

...which presumably weigh less? Or take up less space?

> Immigrants from other countries bring their letters (and alphabets)
> with them.

Have you considered imposing import taxes on these alphabets? A precipitous
per-letter tax rate could probably cut down significantly on the problem.

;-)

        Rick



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