Re: use vs mention (was: second attempt)

2018-11-02 Thread Richard Wordingham via Unicode
On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 07:46:40 + Richard Wordingham via Unicode wrote: > On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 23:35:06 +0100 > Piotr Karocki via Unicode wrote: > > > These are only examples of changes in meaning with or , > > not all of these examples can really exist - but, then, another > > question: can

Re: use vs mention (was: second attempt)

2018-11-01 Thread Richard Wordingham via Unicode
On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 23:35:06 +0100 Piotr Karocki via Unicode wrote: > These are only examples of changes in meaning with or , > not all of these examples can really exist - but, then, another > question: can we know what author means? And as carbon and iodine > cannot exist, then of course CI

Re: use vs mention (was: second attempt)

2018-10-31 Thread Asmus Freytag via Unicode
Organic chemistry would need sub/sup alpha, beta and gamma (perhaps others). A./ On 10/31/2018 3:35 PM, Piotr Karocki via Unicode wrote: We don't know whether the abbreviation "Mr", spelled exactly this way, already

Re: use vs mention (was: second attempt)

2018-10-31 Thread Piotr Karocki via Unicode
>We don't know whether the abbreviation "Mr", spelled exactly this way, >already existed in that time and in that geographical area. > >You still don't see the difference in the meaning? Maybe another example, from chemistry: 14C = isotope of carbon (carbon 14) 14C = 14 units of carbon (mole,

use vs mention (was: second attempt)

2018-10-31 Thread Janusz S. Bień via Unicode
On Wed, Oct 31 2018 at 9:38 GMT, Julian Bradfield via Unicode wrote: > On 2018-10-31, Janusz S. =?utf-8?Q?Bie=C5=84?= via Unicode > wrote: [...] >> The relevant fragment of the postcard in a loose translation is >> >> Use the following address: ... >> is the abbreviation of