It is a crime by UC to misinterpret (my name) sRi as sri, which has an ugly meaning. in Tamil the r/ர instead of R/ற makes the sRi a dirty word.
This crime by UC must be rectified as soon as possible. UC doing the character reform for Tamil without proper analysis and approval is another criminal offence by UC. Introducing a new character to Tamil as 0bb6 by UC is this criminal offence. This is stems from lack of understanding by UC, what the definition is for Alphabet, and at least for Tamil alphabet. Only Tamil got it right. But it does not matter if others got it differently. It should not be UC that paves the way for last remaining original and correct alphabet definition. It will be a crime of UC to pave the way for the dirtruction of this last but correct system. Sionnathurai --- On Thu, 25/11/10, John Hudson <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Hudson <[email protected]> Subject: [indic] Re: Revisit Tamil sRi definition in Unicode. To: Cc: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 25 November, 2010, 23:21 Sinnathurai Srivas wrote: > This is the problem we have with UC and the major > corporates, they are trying to destroy the only serviving writing > system, the only scientific writing system, the only original > writing system of the world. No, they are trying to provide a computer encoding of a set of signs such that these can be used in computer text processing environments and around which secondary mechanisms such as fonts can be built. As has been fairly frequently discussed in the past with regard to other writing systems, there is no requirement for a computer encoding scheme to directly model any particular understanding of how a particular writing system works. Which is just as well, since historically different communities may have had different understanding of the same set of characters and, indeed, may have used them in different ways. The issues that matter with regard to a computer encoding are technical issues, not cultural or philosophical issues. So, for instance, when N. Ganesan points out that there are differences in processing behaviour for Tamil and Grantha, I consider that an important issue that needs to be considered carefully, because it is a technical issue with potential impact on the usability of the encoding for the purposes for which it is designed. When someone repeatedly asserts that a particular writing system is the only 'scientific' one -- I can't guess what that term might might in this context --, or that it is the only original one, but does not provide any reasoned argument beyond these assertions to indicate why this particular understanding of the Tamil writing system might imply some *technical* issues for the computer encoding Tamil, how am I, or the UTC, or anyone else supposed to respond? What are we supposed to consider on terms of technical merit? JH -- Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com Gulf Islands, BC [email protected] A pilgrimage is a journey undertaken in the light of a story. -- Paul Elie
