On 11/15/2002 09:48:42 AM "Cormac \(QT Spain\)" wrote:

>>Do people here know of other cases where advances in publishing
>>technology influenced the loss, or gain, of characters?
>
>The first person to adapt a typewriter to the Thai alphabet found that it
>wasn't possible to fit all Thai characters onto the English layout. So he
>omitted 2 consonants which were rarely used, and could be replaced by

other

>characters without changing the pronunciation. Those 2 characters have

since

>become obsolete.

I seem to recall hearing not too long ago that this is not actually true. I
don't have any references to back that up, though.



- Peter


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