Re: VMs: The Key -- [case against "qo"]

["Jeff" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gabriel Landini G.Landini@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 15 February 2004 10:39


> On Sunday 15 Feb 2004 6:45 am, Larry Roux wrote:
> > How about other instances: such as qa? qh, qc, etc?
>
> Look at the duplets (these are my readings and have not been checked yet):
> Leading q:
> qo 5305
> qe 56
> qk 31
> qc 21
> q' 8
> qa 8
> qy 7
> qs 3
> q_ 3 <i.e. word end>
> qp 2
> qd 2
> qt 2
> qf 1
> qh 1
> ql 1
> q<weirdo> 1
> q* 4 (i.e. unreadable)
>
> Tailing q:
> _q 5423 <i.e. word initial>
> oq 18
> yq 9
> lq 2
> rq 1
> tq 1
> sq 1
> hq 1
>
> The great majority are <qo> and there are 42 instances of <qo> as a word.
> If one considers <qo> a single character, how does one code the other
> instances of <q>-something. Should one use a different symbol?
>
> There are *many* of such anomalies with other characters. I am compiling a
> list of what I think are, at the moment, "unanswerable" questions which do
> not depend on the alphabet/script one uses. I will post it when ready.
> Cheers,
>
> Gabriel
>

This would be an invaluable resource! Has it not been done before?

Jeff


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