Re: Apostrophe, and DIN keyboard

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Robert Wheelock <rwhlk142_at_gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Andreas Prilop <prilop4321_at_trashmail.net>wrote:
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>> On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Otto Stolz wrote:
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>> >> http://www.machsmit.de/media/mainteaser/header-ichwillserleben.png
>> >> http://www.machsmit.de/kampagne/printmedien.php
>> >> show what the braindead German DIN keyboard layout has done to
>> >> the apostrophe (’): Killed by the acute accent (´).
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>> > Andreas’ example does not present any evidence that
>> > an acute accent is involved. It could as well be a
>> > real U+2019 apostrophe, rendered in a slanted, sanserif
>> > font. As the text is presented in PNG, i. e. grafic,
>> > format, you really cannot tell the difference.
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>> You are typographically challenged. People who understand fonts
>> better than you will recognize Helvetica Condensed Black Oblique.
>> http://store1.adobe.com/type/browser/gifs/HLVQ/C_HLVQ-70019100.GIF
>> http://www.fonts.com/font/adobe/helvetica/condensed-black-oblique
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>> It is really sad that even academic persons today cannot see
>> the difference between an apostrophe (’) and an acute accent (´).
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> —Reply—
> Quite a shame indeed! (Agonistes!) The same kind of awkwardness exists
> in modern monotonic Greek writing, where the *tonos* (overtick, Knappen's
> *universal accent*) gets confused with the true *oxeia* (acute accent)!
> Much less, to have them confused—further still—with modern quotation marks
> and apostrophes...
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> Robert Lloyd Wheelock
> International Symbolism Research Institute
> Augusta, ME U.S.A.
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—Reply—
The *tonos* (overtick) is a STRAIGHT 90º accent mark, whereas the
*oxeia* (acute)
is usually slanted at 45º.

Robert Lloyd Wheelock
International Symbolism Research Institute
Augusta, ME U.S.A.
Received on Tue Aug 14 2012 - 14:59:19 CDT