Re: Are computer icons on-topic?

From: Nicholas Bodley
Message: 4178
Date: 2005-02-16

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:20:07 -0500, Peter T. Daniels
<grammatim@...> wrote:
[nb]
>> Is ululation an utterance?

> No.

I'm surprised, but, then, my education is limited.

(Btw, I never did track down what the crime of "uttering" (iirc a check)
was.)

>> > ?
>> [...]
>> > ?
>> [...]
>> > ?
>>
>> Perhaps I was naïve in thinking that all Unicode code points that define
>> symbols were also to be considered part of one or more writing systems.
>> Sorry if I wasted List time/energy on this.
>
> Yet you chose not to answer the questions!

Well, I did consider doing so, but I expected that I'd simply be
essentially repeating the (apparently) puzzling comments.
It might have been better to state that in the first reply.
I interpreted a solitary question mark to indicate something akin to
bafflement in each instance, and felt that I'd better "back down" and say
less. If I knew better where the bafflement lies, I might be able to
help, but, then, maybe I'd be wasting your time.

--
Nicholas Bodley /*|*\ Waltham, Mass.
cooling it

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