dark L


Uzytkownik "Simon Rayner" <srayner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> napisal w wiadomosci
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> In message <5d454$43ad1b7a$d4ba586d$10561@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Pawe³ Piotr
> Stawski <english@xxxxxxxxxx> writes
>>
>>U¿ytkownik "John Briggs" <john.briggs4@xxxxxxxxxxxx> napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci
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>>> Molly Mockford wrote:
>>>> At 00:12:58 on Sat, 24 Dec 2005, Pawe³ Piotr Stawski
>>>> <english@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>>> <89c43$43ac8485$d4ba586d$24360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>
>>>>> How come it is in use? Do you use it in spoken discourse or only in
>>>>> written -||-
>>>>
>>>> It is used in speech. It is generally written as '' or -do-.
>>>
>>> It is rumoured that in the online version of the 1901 census
>>> (transcription of which was outsourced - to Sri Lanka, I believe) there
>>> are many families where everyone except the head of the household has
>>> the
>>> surname Ditto...
>>
>>Awesome, indeed. So you write it " or -do- .
>>Although here in this list I shouldn't compare it with my language :-)
>>however in Poland we write -||- and sometimes especialy when
>>there
>>is an activity with some repetition students keep asking if they can use
>>it.
>>A long time ago I was taught at highschool by some bored teacher that you
>>Enlish do not use this sign. Obviously, my teacher was mistaken.
>>Fortunately, my English native teacher at Warsaw University corrected my
>>way
>>of thinking.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Pawel
>>P.S. Whew, I guess we started our cooperation anew.
>>Merry Christmas
>>
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>>> --
>>> John Briggs
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> Merry Christmas to you, too Pawel - I often wonder if there is an
> internationally-agreed word in the English-speaking world to describe the
> last letter of your Christian name, which is an L with a line through it.
> I've heard it referred to as a 'dark L', but I wonder if there is another
> term?

Never heard of it. Right now I will go through the Internet to find
something about it.
wow, nice thought.
take care,
Pawel (Pawel)

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> Simon
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> Simon Rayner
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