On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 10:04:14PM -0700, Mun Johl wrote:
> GK> Aha!  That "beta" is actually a German "SS", "ß" ("sz" ligature) 
> iirr.
> GK> 
> GK> The 'X' is a math times ("×" no?).
> GK> 
> GK> All the other (usually) vowels have similar "compounding", eg,
> GK> [aeiou] with accents of various types (try typing "a'" or "a:",
> GK> ferinstance), Polish "l/" (slashed-ell, don't know the sgml entity
> GK> offhand), Spanish "n~" (en-tilde, "ñ"), and so on.
> 
> Very interesting observation!

Did nobody notice when I made much the same observation on Monday
morning?  Hello?  Can anyone hear me?

-- 
Matthew Winn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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