For the benefit of archiving and searching, may I suggest that we all use the Unicode names of the characters we are discussing.
I.e.: Vav, rather than waw, Holam, rather than holem or kholam. Jony > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick McGowan > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 2:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Hebrew Vav Holam > > > If I might stick my nose in here where I'm not too familiar... This > discussion reminds me of "Left Holam" or "Holam Left", a > phrase which has > percolated up to my conscious brain this afternoon... So I > thought I'd look > that up in the Unicode mail archives... > > There was a discussion of this issue in May and June of 1999. > See for > example this note (choosing a not quite random one from the > batch), from > Arno Schmitt: > > http://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/Archives-Old/UML01 5/0401.html I would suggest that the people involved here also look at the archives and read the entire previous thread(s) from 1999. Or maybe you already have. Rick
