"Diacritical" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... schools. The only valuable MS. in the place was a fine old copy of the Koran; the Kamus and the Sihah were there [45], but by no means remarkable for beauty or correctness. Books at Harar are mostly antiques, copyists being exceedingly rare, and the square massive character is more like Cufic with diacritical points, than the graceful modern Naskhi. I could not, however, but admire the bindings: no Eastern country save Persia surpasses them in strength and appearance. After some desultory conversation the Shaykh ushered us into an inner room, or rather a dark closet partitioned ...
— First footsteps in East Africa • Richard F. Burton
... the technical terms and all of the technical symbols of the linguistic academy. There is not a single diacritical mark in the book. Where possible, the discussion is based on English material. It was necessary, however, for the scheme of the book, which includes a consideration of the protean forms in which human thought has found expression, to quote some exotic instances. For these no apology ...
— Language - An Introduction to the Study of Speech • Edward Sapir
... following paragraphs contain a number of characters with diacritical marks which are represented as follows: [a] a-macron [o] o-macron [e] e-macron ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 • Various
... is indicated by the character | immediately after the accented letter. For example a| is used to indicate the letter a with a macron diacritical. ...
— By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories • Louis Becke
... accounted for only on the supposition that, even in the rapid and cursory perusal of a book, the eye actually passes from letter to letter, and gives to each a distinct notice. It not only notices each letter, but the position of each in reference to the other letters in the line, and even those nice diacritical points by which one letter is distinguished from another, as c from e, u from n, b from d, p from q. This notice, however, is so slight, the transition is so rapid, that we have no recollection of it afterwards, and we ...
— In the School-Room - Chapters in the Philosophy of Education • John S. Hart
... Notes, so far as they are of any considerable importance, or supported by respectable authority. Partly for convenience, but chiefly as a matter of taste, I have ventured to follow the German editions in dispensing entirely with diacritical marks, and in some peculiarities of less importance, which if not viewed with favor, it is hoped, will not be judged with severity. The punctuation is the result of a diligent comparison of the best editions, together with a ...
— Germania and Agricola • Caius Cornelius Tacitus
... Current, Diacritical. A current, which, passing through a helix surrounding an iron core, brings it to one-half its magnetic ...
— The Standard Electrical Dictionary - A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice - of Electrical Engineering • T. O'Conor Slone
... over-capatalized —> over-capitalized 2. p. 18 successfull —> successful 3. p. 23 benovelent —> benevolent 4. p. 60 ecocomists —> economists 5. p. 68 A macron diacritical mark, a straight line above a letter, is found on the first letter o, in the word Sosoku. This letter is indicated here by the coding [x] for a macron above any letter x. Thus, for example, the word Sosoku appears as S[o]soku in the text. 6. p. 76 staightforward —> straightforward ...
— The Arena - Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 • Various |
