On 06/04/2002 02:52:57 PM Peter_Constable wrote:
>On 06/04/2002 02:39:15 PM "James Kass" wrote: > >>How did the practice of using the apostrophe to represent the glottal stop >>originate? Was it because the writing system originally called for the >>U+02C0 and the apostrophe was visually similar and readily accessible? > >The glottal stop has been written in phonetic transcriptions using the >shape shown at U+0294 I failed to complete that last sentence: "... for a long time." - Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Constable Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA Tel: +1 972 708 7485 E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
