Re: Odp: [tied] A landmine with the @ character

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: MCLSSAA2@...
> To: cybalist@...
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 10:21 AM
> Subject: [tied] A landmine with the @ character
>
>
> In the archive, if any letter string includes the @ character,

Yahoo's

> archiver treats it as an email address and displays it truncated

with

> a clickable leading to the full version, so that spammers can't
> collect lists of email addresses. We need some other symbol than

@ to

> represent the schwa vowel and laryngeals and suchlike. I feel

that

> this information should be put in this list's FAQ.

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> What about the ampersand? *p&te:r looks acceptable to me, and so do
combinations like &2.
>
> Piotr
>
I've sometimes used "ë" (the idea stolen from from Albanian). It
shouldn't clash with other interpretations.

Torsten