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From: andyb@dartvax.UUCP (Andy Behrens)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Problems with Esperanto (the diacritical marks)
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Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 16:46:33 EST
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> My main gripe about Esperanto is the funny diacritical marks.  Makes it
> really awful to read on the net, as one poster recently remarked.  
>
> 	Jim Gillogly

La "Sesdek Reguloj" de Esperanto enhavas rimarkon, kiu diras

	Presejoj, kiuj ne posedas la literojn ^c, ^g, ^h, ^j,
	^s, ^u, povas anstata^u ili uzi ch, gh, hh, jh, sh, u.

Sed mi opinias, ke tio estas pli malbela ol la supersignoj anta^u
la literojn.

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(For those who want a translation:)

The "16 Rules" of Esperanto grammar have a note indicating that
the accented letters ^c, ^g, etc., can be replaced with ch, gh,
respectively, if your press is not capable of printing the 
accents.  My feeling is that this alternative is even uglier than
the accents before the letters.
					Andy Behrens

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