Unicode Mail List Archive: RE: Hebrew script in IDN (original) (raw)

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> From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org
> [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] On Behalf Of Cary Karp
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:49 PM
> To: 'Unicode Discussion'
> Subject: RE: Hebrew script in IDN
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> Quoting Jony Rosenne:
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> >> Before telling users what they should be doing, shouldn't we
> >> first find out what most of them actually are doing?
> >
> > Regarding the use of Yiddish in IDN, I hazard a guess: nothing,
> > absolutely nothing.
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> The purpose of this discussion is to determine a sound basis for the
> introduction of IDN support for Yiddish. As far as I know, no TLD
> has begun accepting registration of Yiddish names, so the estimated
> zero uptake at this point is correct by definition.

This is what I thought.

>
> So what?

So the users are not doing anything, and the discussion does not need to
consider compatibility with non-existing current usage of Yiddish in IDN and
is free to suggest any solution, such as not allowing the ligatures.

Jony

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> /Cary
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