Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?
According to Mike McCarty,
> Michelle Konzack wrote:
> >Am 2006-04-19 10:50:06, schrieb Paul Johnson:
> >
> >>On Wednesday 19 April 2006 09:33, Mike McCarty wrote:
> >>
> >>>Pardon, but in this context the appropriate form is to expand
> >>>the umlaut. It is inappropriate to put characters like that
> >>>into a text-only message.
> >>
> >>There isn't anything non-ISO about "?", including it in a message doesn't
> >>make it "not text only". The "ae" is a poorman form of "?".
> >
> >
> >You forget, that the american brain is limited
> >to 128 characters called US-ASCII.
>
> You forget what the "A" in "ASCII" means. If you Europeans
> want to take over something we made for ourselves, then
> you should at least have used the techniques for extending
> it which were built in. ASCII is a 7 bit code. It is extensible
> by using the SI and SO which were specifically intended for
> that. Also it has ESC and DLE which are useful for extending
> and transmitting such kinds of codes.
>
> But no, you have to screw it up.
>
> Mike
<nitpick>
Sadly you forget that most of the populations of the American
continents do in fact use letters with accents and tildes
which are sadly lacking in the supposedly "American Standard Code".
</nitpick>
Otherwise a very cogent comment.
Best Regards,
Tony
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