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Re: [I18ndir] [art] Just uploaded draft-bray-unichars-03

Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Sat, 09 September 2023 23:19 UTC

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From: Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2023 16:19:31 -0700
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Subject: Re: [I18ndir] [art] Just uploaded draft-bray-unichars-03
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On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 4:07 PM Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> wrote:

> On Sep 8, 2023 at 1:16:45 PM, Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would change
>>
>> "These numbers are used to represent the characters in computer memory
>> and storage systems and, in specifications, to specify the allowed
>> repertoires of Unicode characters."
>>
>> to
>>
>> "These numbers are used to represent the allowed repertoires of Unicode
>> characters."
>>
>
> Don’t buy it. The code points only *represent* the characters when ...
>

The problem is not that you're wrong here (I don't think you are), it's
just that "repertoire" is really snotty in English. I don't think you want
that, but perhaps this is the only suitable term.

thanks,
Rob

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