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<DIV><FONT size=2>My opinion on the proper name marks:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I think it is a very good idea but it would be best to invent
another mark, different than lines. In some languages diacritics point out the
accent or palatalization. For a fluent user of a language, for example - the
Polish langauge - the diacritics are not necessary. People often do without them
on Internet forums, in emails, SMS etc. as it is faster to write without them.
But no books or newspapers are printed without diacritics, and in schools,
missing a diacritic is considered as a mistake or an error. Sometimes there may
be also a misunderstanding. For example:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>łaska - grace</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>This same word written without the diacritic on
"l":</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>laska - 1.walking stick, 2.chick, bird, 3. vulgarism I don't
want to mention...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>In the Polish Sign Language, when signing, people don't have
to "underline" proper names, either. In a typical situation when one person is
introducing another person to the third person, the proper name is signed and
fingerspelt, for example (see attachment).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Of course, the introduction procedure can be also different
but the introducing person always use fingerspelling to introduce proper names
and in the same way it can be written in SW.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Sorry, I've not written anything I wanted but now I must go
and see the dentist.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Lucyna</FONT></DIV>
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