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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: unicode is a fail
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
[...]
> UTF-8 is the best compromise. But there are some problem that are very
> hard to avoid., like supporting archaic ash and thorn in English
> (mediaeval, ye olde coffee shoppe), when half the population think the
> latter is a y as in yellow.

UTF-8 has problems, but the ash and thorn characters aren't among them
as far as I know.

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