11.2393, Qs: Rotuman Characters/HTML, Etymological Research

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Subject: 11.2393, Qs: Rotuman Characters/HTML, Etymological Research

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Date:  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:04:40 +1100
From:  Hans Schmidt <Schmidt_H at VANUATU.USP.AC.FJ>
Subject:  Rotuman Characters/HTML fonts

2)
Date:  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 18:04:24 -0800
From:  "Donald Stahl" <donaldstahl at philosophers.net>
Subject:  History of Etymological Scholarship

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:04:40 +1100
From:  Hans Schmidt <Schmidt_H at VANUATU.USP.AC.FJ>
Subject:  Rotuman Characters/HTML fonts

Dear Linguists,
we want to make the Rotuman dictionary available online.
How can we display special characters like the 5 basic vowels with a macron,
an "a" with one dot underneath, an "a" with one dot on top, and perhaps all
of these in CAPS as well?
Thank you very much for your help.
Yours,
Hans

Dr Hans Schmidt
Pacific Languages Unit
University of the South Pacific
P.M.Bag 072, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Fax (+678) 22 633
Tel. (+678) 22748
email Schmidt_H at vanuatu.usp.ac.fj


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 18:04:24 -0800
From:  "Donald Stahl" <donaldstahl at philosophers.net>
Subject:  History of Etymological Scholarship



Asking sci.lang produced no result, so I'm forced to trouble this distinguished List.

Can anyone direct me to any accounts of the growth of etymological
knowledge? Tangential disquisitions welcome too.

Thanks in advance.


Best wishes,

Donald E. Stahl                                  12545 Olive Boulevard
St. Louis, MO  63141-6311  USA                       tel: 314-567-8845
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