From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/60420 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: luigi scarso Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Grammar Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:24:51 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20100727084715.GD26009@atos.labs.wmid.amu.edu.pl> <4C4EDC7F.7050707@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1402908365==" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1280237103 9821 80.91.229.12 (27 Jul 2010 13:25:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:25:03 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Jul 27 15:25:01 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Odk9U-0000A9-LN for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:25:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E6CDC9CE4; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:25:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id RxkIiyWtNRHL; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:24:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18022C9CDB; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:24:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D73C6C9CDB for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:24:55 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 9GsfZC8xwHsm for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:24:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com (mail-wy0-f169.google.com [74.125.82.169]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6442EC9CD9 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:24:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by wyg36 with SMTP id 36so3516345wyg.14 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:24:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=J5jikJr1hBZaabda04IYhAe7En2FjjOroUc5U9osAAs=; b=xjOaMbu4jIbFXgsHh8ueXNqv3LVqkviTkiZ/8OlPv9ZHv3IBJBcNEtaUhr98zwx1RW Ok72RZ8p7rRJ/DZgb8IDvVn6GqZ9Qr7S/fIYYqNtSRDo9h4m/hk8VUPbn0nbu18GPXjP B96ypBW6MahQxhkdGugQF1DBd9nh/Cm4b9nSE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=IzE+16M0cgi+tKj5JdXfBFLhevHf8VpJzj0ekqNCmHc/yJ+oLI/X70t1BabI++vtnV VLxAT0BkS4zN4JXO9sZYHcPyiKsbUbQfnOvtHr3WUMwC5psJtyejmRZ06kKVA7ZkR1bA dI/UOLD4zkaPeEJyYEyb+dlhzO7iz0Q0q7BUk= Original-Received: by 10.227.142.139 with SMTP id q11mr8860945wbu.103.1280237091968; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:24:51 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.216.131.226 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:24:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C4EDC7F.7050707@wxs.nl> X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:60420 Archived-At: --===============1402908365== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e65a0d34186d03048c5e6d00 --0016e65a0d34186d03048c5e6d00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 27-7-2010 3:06, John Haltiwanger wrote: > > I for one have always thought it would be interesting to develop a >> Unicode character that provides a symbol representing a neutral gender >> pronoun. Then, anyone reading can insert he/she or another option to >> their own taste. >> > > Interesting ... if we can come up with a nice symbol that we can agree on > it should be doable to get it included in quite some tex related fonts (the > group involved in maintaining them is not so large) ... and then we can set > a standard. After all, symbols like copyright and registered made it into > fonts and those are used (if at all) only a few times in documents and in > unseen places. > > Maybe arthur knows if there are scripts that have such a symbol. Of course > then there is the issue of how to pronounce it. > U+26A7 MALE WITH STROKE AND MALE AND FEMALE SIGN ? -- luigi --0016e65a0d34186d03048c5e6d00 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Hans Ha= gen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
On 27-7-2010 3:06, John Haltiwanger wrote:

I for one have always thought it would be interesting to develop a
Unicode character that provides a symbol representing a neutral gender
pronoun. Then, anyone reading can insert he/she or another option to
their own taste.

Interesting ... if we can come up with a nice symbol that we can agree on i= t should be doable to get it included in quite some tex related fonts (the = group involved in maintaining them is not so large) ... and then we can set= a standard. After all, symbols like copyright and registered made it into = fonts and those are used (if at all) only a few times in documents and in u= nseen places.

Maybe arthur knows if there are scripts that have such a symbol. Of course = then there is the issue of how to pronounce it.
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U+26A7 MALE WITH STROKE AND MALE AND FEMALE = SIGN
?

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luigi

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