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From: alan@pdn.UUCP (Alan Lovejoy)
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Subject: Re: Computers and human languages (was Re: What is a byte)
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Date: Thu, 10-Sep-87 10:37:11 EDT
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In article <2351@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes:
/The Russian alphabet does have two accented letters, although the accents
/are often omitted.  How common this omission is, or whether it is getting
/more common, I don't really know.

"I kratkoye" is usually written with a shallow bowl over it.  However,
it is considered a distinct letter from "i".  "E" can be pronounced
as either "ye" or "yo", and in books for foreigners a diaresis is placed
over it when it is to be pronounced "yo".  In handwriting (but not in
printed text), the letters "t" and "sh" sometimes have a line either
under or over them.  Other than that, no diacritical marks are used
*in Russian*.  However, there are other languages which use this 
alphabet, and they might have diacritics.

--alan@pdn