Talk:Tironian notes

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[edit] U+204A

Why is this in “General punctuation”[1]? I've seen it used instead of the letters ‹et› in ‹etc.›, so it is more like an alphabetic presentation form in that (German) text. Is this a punctuation mark in Irish? Wikipeditor 12:04, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

The et in etc. is the Latin word et (et cetera = "and other things"). &c. used to be used the same way in English. Ireneshusband 10:13, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

I was aware of that – just wondered whether current Irish use is responsible for grouping it with punctuation marks. Wikipeditor 04:24, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

The illustration is confusing because, one might think that the second symbol in the figure is the Tironian "z". If it is not can anybody add an illustration of Tironean "z" iether with a modern shape or with old photographed text? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.115.27.10 (talk) 22:22, August 20, 2007 (UTC)

I threw in the Old English info because I thought it was interesting. MadMaxBeyondThunderdome 07:11, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blackletter image

I'm thinking about having the relevant characters on the blackletter image circled, because they're a little hard to see even with the directions in the caption. Is it just me or does anyone else agree? --_{tiny plastic} Grey Knight ⊖ 08:28, 4 June 2008 (UTC)