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What notepad.exe calls "Unicode" is more specifically known as UTF-16. UTF-16 is vastly inferior to UTF-8 in terms of ASCII compatibility, cross-platform support, storage size (for latin based texts), and resilience in the face of file corruption.

Use UTF-8.

aɪ pi eɪ ɪz not sɪgnɪfəkəntli mɔ dɪfəkʊɫt tu taɪp ɑʊt ðən ɛks sampə pɹəvaɪdɪd ju hav ə gʊd ɪmpʊt mɛθəd

and ðə bɔd kən oviəsli handəl ɪt ɔ aɪ wʊdənt bi eɪbəɫ tə du ðɪs

thanks for that

I'm almost done with mine; a version of the grammar has gone up on the wiki, but I'm still tweaking a few parts of the syntax. I've yet to translate the sample text, but I plan to do that tomorrow so should manage to meet the deadline. Óhylvídós It's not what I'd call "ambitious", or even "good". Bu...

I too would like to start working on Çetázó

I wouldn't mind going first, as long as you guys can put up with annoying questions.

Count me in. My diachronics skills are in dire need of practice.

I vote for proto-western.
I think I'd like to go fairly early

Someone here so needs to develop a Daoist theory of Phonology.

50 ways to work out if you're fictional

Because I could just imagine a depressed ktuvok wondering something like this.

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

The flying one ain't too bad

The main difference between an English gerund and verbal noun is that although a gerund looks very much like a noun, one can still observe some of the characteristics of the verb such as the taking of a direct object. A verbal noun, on the other hand, has the morphology of a noun and can do things l...

There are three types of words that end in -ing in English.

The third is a 100% genuine noun that is derived from a verb. (c.f. "building" in "we went inside the building.")