--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Cunningham <andj_c@...> wrote:

> Hi all,
> --- suzmccarth <suzmccarth@...> wrote:

> AFAIK Google's treatment of diacritics maybe language
> specific, in the sense that a lot of work has gone
> into some languages to facilitate searching and make
> searching more accurate,. Many Library management
> systems in terms of seraching, neutralise diacritics.

Yes, that is what I was hoping for. BTW some day it would be nice to
find a way to differentiate between the different uses of the
term 'diacritic'. I believe you are using with the same sense that
I was.

> Sounds like google does this for some languages.
>
> I guess they've never bothered to customise searching
> for Cree. No surprise there.

I rather like the Naskapi solution, just eliminate them, except for
labialization. If everyone else would follow suit the internet could
be a great resource for language revitalization.

> Just wish they would fix their Vietnamese searching.

Thanks for that hint about Vietnamese. It was on my list for this
fall. However, I took second look at all those accents and decided
it would just have to wait.

PS. Richard, that pdf journal link is a good resource for me.
Thanks.

Suzanne