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Subject: RE: substring() From: "WorldNet" <csgallagher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:41:22 -0500 |
> A stupid question, perhaps, but what's a diactrical? I looked it up in a > couple of online computer-term dictionaries, but couldn't find it. Thanks A diactrical is a spelling error. The correct term is diacritical, that is, definitively speaking, a diacritical mark, being a 'mark' added to a letter to distinguish it from another of similar form as an assistive indicator of phonetic pronunciation. Consider é as such a diacritical mark without which most stupid Americans could never spell the word résumé correctly, which they refuse to do anyway, regardless of the correct spelling existing in any dictionary, preferring instead to use the homonym resume and getting the job in spite of the fact that they have demonstrated that they are illiterate and lazy. But they are 'nice' illiterates! ;-) Diacritical marks are important to those who need to focus on 'internationalizing' their documents. ==================================== Clinton Gallagher NET cpio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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