I Can’t Write My Name in Unicode

Re:I Can’t Write My Name in Unicode by nova on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @06:17PM (#9221995)

> ch, ll, ñ, and rr are all considered separate letters

In Spanish "rr" has never been considered as a single letter. "Ch" and "ll" used to be, but not anymore. Ñ is, of course.

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Re:I Can’t Write My Name in Unicode by k0ga on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @01:39AM (#9223812)

I think i'm older than you. I learnt in the school they were different letters, and also I remember when they were removed at the beginning of 90's

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Re:I Can’t Write My Name in Unicode by elatahualpa on Sunday March 22, 2015 @11:03PM (#9249298)

I'm afraid that I have to add my voice to the list of people raised in Spanish speaking countries prior to the 90s who was VERY clearly taught that rr was a separate letter.

This is what I recall from my childhood: http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/113964108.png

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Re:I Can’t Write My Name in Unicode by maxlybbert on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @09:11PM (#9222899)

That's funny; I spent several hours of class time trilling r's to make sure we pronounced "carro" correctly, and repeating a 30 character alphabet.

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Re:I Can’t Write My Name in Unicode by jimktrains2 on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @10:06PM (#9223159)

rr not being its own letter has no bearing on if you can pronounce carro correctly, just like saying church right has no bearing on if c and h are two letters or ch is a single letter.

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Re:I Can’t Write My Name in Unicode by maxlybbert on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @10:12PM (#9223179)

What can I say? Apparently the textbook was wrong.

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