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

Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com> Sat, 09 September 2023 23:27 UTC

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On 9/9/2023 4:19 PM, Rob Sayre wrote:
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> On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 4:07 PM Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> wrote:
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>     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 ...
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> 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.

Yes on the slighty "snotty" feel of this word, but it's the term of art 
for this concept, and trying to avoid it doesn't make it better.

A./

>
> thanks,
> Rob
>

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