Re: 21.5.31 Mule and the ’ symbol (input method?)
Stephen writes:
Julian Bradfield writes:
> No.
> U+2019 is the preferred character for all normal uses of apostrophe.
> The modifier letter, as the name suggests, is for use in the phonetic
> symbol for ejectives, where it modifies the preceding letter. (I doubt
> anybody uses it, though - I certainly don't.)
> See Unicode Standard section 6.2 on apostrophes.
Uh, which version? Version 2.0 clearly states of U+02BC "This is
the
Version 2.0???? That's so antique I don't even have a copy!
I'm talking about the current version, of course - and indeed every
version after version 2.
U+2019 as an apostrophe. I find U+02BC more plausible than U+2019
for
use as apostrophe. The apostrophe is not a quotation mark (a
I don't. Suppose you're writing in a language with ejectives
(e.g. most of America). Having apostrophe being the same as the
ejective symbol is a lot worse than having apostrophe be the same as
quotation mark, as it has been for many centuries.
Of course it would be more elegant to have yet another character...
I don't know what the arguments were, but I could ask on the Unicode
list if you're curious.
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