Yes. I can verify that (the Irish word for it is 'cuair�n', which can only mean something softly curved). mg
Scr�obh S�amas � Br�g�in: >John Cowan wrote: > >> That reminds me. The name of the circumflex accent is obviously >> derived from Greek, but its form is not. Is it in fact the degenerate >> descendant of the letter "s", does anybody know? > >No. When accent marks (probably in fact tone marks) were first applied >(retrospectively) to Classical Greek the circumflex accent was >curved---exactly like an upside-down breve, in fact. Hence the name, or >so I have always assumed. You can see this form in some older fonts. It >has also been made identical to the tilde, but I'm pretty certain the >upside-down-breve is the original form. > >S�amas � Br�g�in >---------------- -- Marion Gunn * EGTeo (Estab.1991) 27 P�irc an Fh�ithlinn, Baile an Bh�thair, Co. �tha Cliath, �ire. * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
