Re: [XeTeX] Σχετ: Re: Σχετ: Re: Off topic (interesting) question

2022-08-20 Thread Philip Taylor (Hellenic Institute)
On 20/08/2022 13:23, Julian Bradfield wrote: I have no axe to grind in this intra-Hellenic debate, but may I ask the two protagonists whether they view the current American practice of both Come, come: you mean "the protagonist and deuteragonist" ! Sir, I can only adduce the OED in my humble

Re: [XeTeX] Σχετ: Re: Σχετ: Re: Off topic (interesting) question

2022-08-20 Thread Julian Bradfield
> I have no axe to grind in this intra-Hellenic debate, but may I ask the > two protagonists whether they view the current American practice of both Come, come: you mean "the protagonist and deuteragonist" !

Re: [XeTeX] Σχετ: Re: Σχετ: Re: Off topic (interesting) question

2022-08-20 Thread Philip Taylor (Hellenic Institute)
On 20/08/2022 12:28, Apostolos Syropoulos via XeTeX wrote: My question is if English language speakers learn in school why they write history and not istory. The answer seems to be: No. What you say is completely irrelevant. BTW, languages evolve and brathings were introduced for a reason that

Re: [XeTeX] Σχετ: Re: Σχετ: Re: Off topic (interesting) question

2022-08-20 Thread Julian Bradfield
On 2022-08-20, Apostolos Syropoulos via XeTeX wrote: > My question is if English language speakerslearn in school why they write > history andnot istory. The answer seems to be: No.What you say is completely What do you expect us to learn? The word is pronounced with /h/ and written with h-.

[XeTeX] Σχετ: Re: Σχετ: Re: Off topic (interesting) question

2022-08-20 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos via XeTeX
My question is if English language speakerslearn in school why they write history andnot istory. The answer seems to be: No.What you say is completely irrelevant. BTW,languages evolve and brathings were introduced for a reason that does notexist today. So it was to eliminate breathingsfrom