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"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" scripsit:
> But any tweaking of the alphabet has serious implications
> to that framework. How long (John Cowan>?) has our
> standard western alphabet had 26 regular characters?
Well, i and j on the one hand, and u, v, and w (double u or double v)
used to be mere glyphic variants. Michael Everson would know better,
but I think a stable distinction didn't exist until about the 18th
century.
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John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> http://www.reutershealth.com
I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_
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