[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question About a Special Character in Names
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:55:15 -0700 (PDT)
I think the circumflex was the other symbol I needed,
but I can't make it by itself, just as a part of the
c. But a macron is above the letter--I had to google
to find out what it was--and a circumflex is below. I
needed both for different letters.
Cindy
--- Evan
Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I need to look up the exact reference, (I want to
> say Wikipedia, but I'm not
> really sure), but I read that the circumflex can be
> used as a stand in for
> the macron.
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 6:47 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question About a
> Special Character in Names
>
>
> > Unfortunately, my symbols chart doesn't have a
> macron.
> > I could have used it when I validated Broken
> Trust; a
> > lot of Hawaiian words use it--and there was some
> > symbol that went under certain letters that I
> couldn't
> > use, either. I tried copying from a web site that
> > gives ll kinds of diacritical marks but they
> weren't
> > copyable.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > --- Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> After a few tries, I figured out how to make the
> O
> >> with a forward slash through it. Hold down the
> >> control key and hit the forward slash (/) key.
> Then
> >> release both keys and type o (for a little o) or
> >> shift o (for a capital O). The O will have a
> slash
> >> through it. Doesn't work for the other 4 vowels.
> I
> >> added the slash-O to my list of accent marks,
> which
> >> are in a .doc file that I've attached to this
> email,
> >> in case anyone is interested in it.
> >>
> >> My question is: does anyone know how to make a
> >> macron appear above letters? I haven't been able
> to
> >> figure that out yet.
> >>
> >> Thanks, Carrie
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Cc: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 11:27:29 PM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question About a
> Special
> >> Character in Names
> >>
> >> I'm nearly finished validating this book in which
> >> most of the
> >> characters are
> >> Norwegian, or at least Scandinavian. A couple of
> the
> >> names start with
> >> an O
> >> which has a diagonal line running through it from
> >> lower left to upper
> >> right.
> >> Does anyone know what that is and how to
> replicate
> >> it on the keyboard?
> >> Apparently, it does change the pronunciation of
> the
> >> name, because I
> >> have the
> >> NLS version and it is not pronounced O, as in
> >> Olvira, but more like
> >> Elvira,
> >> though not exactly. Hearing it pronounced, I
> would
> >> have said it sounds
> >> something like an umlaut, but it doesn't look
> like
> >> one in print.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any info.
> >>
> >> Evan
> >>
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