revision of ISO 3166

Michael Everson everson at evertype.com
Sun Sep 5 10:02:34 CEST 2004


At 00:50 -0700 2004-09-05, Doug Ewell wrote:

>What ISO 10646 calls the "Latin script" comprises more than a thousand
>letters.  Perhaps the 26-letter thing that is being referred to here
>should be called "the modern English alphabet."  That's what it is,
>really.

The modern English alphabet is not limited to 26 
letters. Façade, naïve, and other words are all 
listed as the favoured spelling in many 
dictionaries.
-- 
Michael Everson * * Everson Typography *  * http://www.evertype.com


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