On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 3:34 PM, John Hudson <[email protected]> wrote: > Sinnathurai Srivas wrote: > >> 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. > > ... > >> UC doing the character reform for Tamil without proper analysis and >> approval is another criminal offence by UC. > > 1. You are free to spell your name however you like, and Unicode is not > forcing you to use ர if you prefer to use ற. > > 2. 'Crime' and 'criminal offence' refer to actions that are against the law. > There is no law governing the design of encoding standards, only practical, > technical considerations. > > 3. Endless repetition of an assertion does not constitute reasoned argument. > > > JH >
All kinds of near-substitutes are possible between Indian languages, However we need the real one-to-one letters also. This is done by having 5 Sanskrit consonants in Tamil block with Tamil names and character properties (vowel signs, virama, reph forms, ...) and 5 Dravidian consonants in Grantha block proposal for encoding. Without such exact letters, place names, personal names etc., will be missing correct representation. N. Ganesan > -- > > Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com > Gulf Islands, BC [email protected] > > A pilgrimage is a journey undertaken in the > light of a story. -- Paul Elie > >
