> From: Richard Wordingham [mailto:richard.wordingham@...]


> > It's not actualy <mai han-akat>, but <sara a> that combines with
> > <sara e> and <sara ae> to shorten them.
>
> Drat! I thought I'd checked the chart. When I learnt the name, I
> was told that the two vowels had the same name

Next time, get a better teacher ;-)


, so I find it

> difficult to remember the Unicode distinction. Perhaps a menmonic
> is to think that lone mark is more in the air ('AKAT').

That's exactly how it was taught to me.

> I listed them to give an idea of possible issues if hitching a free
> ride on Thai for Tamil stored in visual symbol order.

It's a horrible idea. Really.



Peter Constable