"Dan Bron" <[email protected]> writes: > umlaut. I am fine with this nomenclature so long as there exist > (relatively) well known human languages in which the diacritic "makes > all the difference", i.e. the diacritic is not a merely hint towards > pronunciation but matter of identity, and removing it renders a new > and different letter, and consequently a new and different word (like > changing a->u changes "cat" to "cut").
German: schon - schön -- Bill Harris http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/ Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1 425 374-1845 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
