[Sca-cooks] (Yet) another translation question: cooking hard versus cooking well

[Terry Decker]

In this case, the "?" represents an "e" with an acute accent mark above it, 
which means the two words are pronounced differently, making them two 
different words in the spoken language.  Their actual relationship depends 
on the etymology, which is unavailable to use.  Most of the translation 
programs ignore the accent marks, so it can be very confusing.

That said, the problem you are having is most probably in the Unicode 
translation tables on your computer.  If you want to check, pull up 
http://lists.ansteorra.org/pipermail/sca-cooks-ansteorra.org/2017-September/001964.html 
.  That is a message from Julia with the word nádméz about half way down the 
text.  If the word shows up without "?" then it is most likely a problem 
with the translation tables in the digest software.  If you still get "?" 
then the problem is (most probably) in the translation table on your 
computer in which case, you need to check to see if the translation tables 
in your operating system can be updated.  An additional point is even if you 
have the most current OS with the most recent Unicode tables, they may not 
be selected or are being used with back-level application software that 
doesn't use them.

Bear



Julia Szent-Gyorgyi <jpmiaou at gmail.com> said:
<<< No, chimney is _k?m?ny_. Different word than _kem?ny_. >>>

They look the same to me. :-(

Unfortunately, I've had the same problem with most of what you've written. 
I've had this problem before. I think the digestifier that turns the list 
messages into digests, doesn't recognize or translate all fonts well.

I went to the digest version because at one time this list had a very high 
volume, often 3 to 5 digests per day. Now, unfortunately, most traffic seems 
to have moved to facebook. :-( Maybe it's time to change back to regular 
mode.

Stefan

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