From: Tex Texin (tex@i18nguy.com)
Date: Mon Jul 07 2003 - 16:56:41 EDT
Kuro,
I guess the fact that yen sign, won sign, etc. are sometimes used as a file
separators, doesn't diminish their perception as currency signs (or because
they are functions picked up after they were established as signs). ;-)
OK. It makes sense to me that a character is a currency sign if that is its
only purpose.
Although I would have bought (pun intended) that a character used as a
currency signifier would be considered a sign for that purpose even if it had
other uses. (Which is what Michael Everson seemed to be saying also.)
But if U+5186 is not a sign, it makes sense that it is because it has other
meanings as well.
tex
"Kurosaka, Teruhiko" wrote:
>
> Forgot to copy to the list...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurosaka, Teruhiko
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:44 PM
> To: 'Tex Texin'
> Subject: RE: When is a character a currency sign?
>
> Hello Tex,
> > When is a character properly called a currency sign?
>
> If a character is used EXCLUSIVELY for the purpose of
> expressing a currency, it is a currency symbol. If not,
> it is not a currency symbol. U+5186 is a han character
> which have the meaning of the Yen currency as well as its
> original meaning "round". It can be used in a sentence that
> has nothing to do with money. So it is not a currency symbol.
>
> T. "Kuro" Kurosaka
> Internationalization Architect
> teruhiko.kurosaka@iona.com
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