RE: Public Review Issue: UAX #24 Proposed Update

From: Jony Rosenne (rosennej@qsm.co.il)
Date: Thu Sep 09 2004 - 02:23:47 CDT

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan@ccil.org]
    > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 7:12 AM
    > To: Jony Rosenne
    > Cc: unicode@unicode.org
    > Subject: Re: Public Review Issue: UAX #24 Proposed Update
    >
    >
    > Jony Rosenne scripsit:
    >
    > > FB1D, HEBREW LETTER YOD WITH HIRIQ, should be assigned to
    > the unknown
    > > group. It is not a Hebrew character, notwithstanding the misleading
    > > name.
    >
    > To anticipate Michael: Of course it is. It's not used in
    > the Hebrew language, perhaps; but the Hebrew script is used
    > for other languages besides Hebrew.
    >

    The UTC refused to add Yiddish to the name, unlike the other Yiddish
    specialties, and I am not aware of any other possibility.

    Jony

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