On 4 Apr 2012, at 03:46, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Also if the people typesetting the book are familiar with Chinese >> but not with Yi, they might assume that these characters, which like >> ideographs also fit in fixed-size boxes, should behave the same as >> Chinese. This is a reasonable assumption. But it may not be correct. > > Excuse me, please let me confirm my understanding of > "it may not be correct", my English is quite poor. > > Do you think as > "The assumption (behaviour like Chinese text) has no foundation, > so it is not reliable", > > or, > > "It is inconsistent with the vertical text of Old Yi, > so it is wrong". > > Which opinion matches with your attitude?
Sorry to bump in; but I think he meant: "this assumption is reasonable, but it's not because it is reasonable that it is correct." My understanding may also be wrong, my english is not rich :-)
