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[Michael Covarrubias]

Laurence Horn wrote:
>>> In a message dated 4/19/08 12:59:35 PM, strangeguitars at GMAIL.COM
>>> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirshenbaum
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Never saw this before. It seems at first glance that Kirshenbaum
>>> doesn't
>>> exploit the keyboard that we already have. For example, I can make
>>> [�], [�], [3],
>>> [�], [�], [�], and [�].
>>>
>> Kirshenbaum's system (like some others) is specifically limited to
>> ascii characters, from a time and in a context in which non-ascii
>> characters were not generally available.
>>
>> arnold
>>
>>
> Also, I seem to recall not everyone's browser
> will correctly transmit your characters, Ron.  I
> get them fine (assuming the third one is in fact
> the number 3), but I suspect from our earlier
> discussions that others won't.  And then there's
> always the schwa problem.
>
> LH
>

In Mr Butters' original I got numbers an letters in brackets.
[=C3=A6],= [=C3=BC], [3],=20 [=C3=B8], [=C3=A9], [=C5=93], and [=E2=88=82].

In Mr Zwicky's repost I got the correct symbols.

In Mr Horn's re-repost I got question marks.

The [3] showed up in each.

fwiw...

michael

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