Kuro, I guess the fact that yen sign, won sign, etc. are sometimes used as a file separators, doesn't diminish their perception as currency signs (or because they are functions picked up after they were established as signs). ;-)
OK. It makes sense to me that a character is a currency sign if that is its only purpose. Although I would have bought (pun intended) that a character used as a currency signifier would be considered a sign for that purpose even if it had other uses. (Which is what Michael Everson seemed to be saying also.) But if U+5186 is not a sign, it makes sense that it is because it has other meanings as well. tex "Kurosaka, Teruhiko" wrote: > > Forgot to copy to the list... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurosaka, Teruhiko > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:44 PM > To: 'Tex Texin' > Subject: RE: When is a character a currency sign? > > Hello Tex, > > When is a character properly called a currency sign? > > If a character is used EXCLUSIVELY for the purpose of > expressing a currency, it is a currency symbol. If not, > it is not a currency symbol. U+5186 is a han character > which have the meaning of the Yen currency as well as its > original meaning "round". It can be used in a sentence that > has nothing to do with money. So it is not a currency symbol. > > T. "Kuro" Kurosaka > Internationalization Architect > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------- > *** Address and Phones changed on 2003-6-13 *** > IONA Technologies > Techmart Center, Suite 320 > 5201 Great America Pkwy > Santa Clara, CA 95054 > Tel: +1 408 850-7241 > Fax: +1 408 850-7251 > ------------------------------------------------------- > Making Software Work Together TM -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Tex Texin cell: +1 781 789 1898 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Xen Master http://www.i18nGuy.com XenCraft http://www.XenCraft.com Making e-Business Work Around the World -------------------------------------------------------------
