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Re: The developing popularity of Ë

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:15:37 -0400, Philip Newton
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> Character 0xCB (decimal 203) is Lambda in ISO-8859-7/Windows-1253 but
> E-diaeresis in ISO-8859-1/Windows-1252; I'm sure the reason is related
> to that.

Thank you!
Sorry for a delayed acknowledgment.

Best regards,

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Nicholas Bodley
Waltham, Mass.
The weapon China fears most:
A Super-Soaker™. (That's a
high-powered toy water gun,
for people in other countries.)

Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:16 am

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