Julian Bradfield :
> On 2016-09-19, Christoph Päper wrote:
>> If _encyclopedia, encyclopædia, encyclopaedia_ are all legal spellings of
>> the same word in a writing system, a useful linguistic definition of
>> grapheme should ensure that all three variants have the same number of
>> graphemes.
On 2016-09-19, Christoph Päper wrote:
> If
>
> - encyclopedia
> - encyclopædia
> - encyclopaedia
>
> are all legal spellings of the same word in a writing system, a useful
> linguistic definition of grapheme should ensure that all three variants have
> the same number of graphemes.
Such a bizar
Dalley Mark (South West Commissioning Support) :
>
> I think the key phrase is "user-perceived". And you don't need to involve
> complex scripts either.
>
> For instance as an English-speaking person, I would perceive the "æ" in
> "encyclopædia" as being two characters (albeit shoved together s
I think the key phrase is "user-perceived". And you don't need to involve
complex scripts either.
For instance as an English-speaking person, I would perceive the "æ" in
"encyclopædia" as being two characters (albeit shoved together somewhat). The
argument for this is that the word can equally
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