From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Fri Aug 19 2005 - 09:30:48 CDT
At 11:52 -0400 2005-08-18, Patrick Andries wrote:
>I have a few questions concerning the Tironian annd (?).
I believe the original proposal document was
N1847? You can also see my paper with examples at
http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso10646/pdf/amperagus.pdf
>What is the reason of the inclusion of this letter in Unicode?
We use it in Ireland, and require its use in plain text interchange of data.
>How is ? used in Gaelic (a Latin script)? As a variant of &?
No, it is not a variant of &, which is an
original ligature of e and t. It is used to
represent the Irish word "agus", which means
'and'. Even on public signage one may see this.
We have parking signs which say "Pay & Display"
right alongside "oc 7 Taispein". One sometimes
finds it in the abbreviation "7rl", also written
"srl", short for "agus araile", meaning "etc".
Compare the occasional use of "&c" for "etc".
-- Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com
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