2012/5/17 Richard Wordingham <[email protected]>: > On Thu, 17 May 2012 22:14:55 +0200 > Philippe Verdy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It has x just like the rest of the Basic Latin alphabet, in one of its >> input modes. > > Which keyboard layout are you looking at? When present, it's usually > got by pressing <SHIFT> and the key used for U+0EAD LAO LETTER O. It's > normally the only Latin *letter* enterable without invoking some > other switch. You can look at the Microsoft keyboard page > (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/msdn/goglobal/keyboards/kbdlao.html), > or at the Duang Jan keyboard as supplied by LaoSoft (p9 of > http://www.laosoftware.com/download/Manuel-LW41-fr.pdf).
OK, OK.... So this looks like there's an 'x'-like letter in the Lao script. But why should it be the Latin letter with all its allowed variations, its dual case, its cursive joining, its serifs ? May be the letter x was chosen because it has the property of a letter and not a mere symbol. But then this means that the Lao script needs a new letter of its own.
