Saturday, 9 May 2020

Ash and Yogh not supported on the National Comments Section.. (a complaint to their Webmaster)

I want to draw your webmasters attention to the fact that this 'website' doesn't even support the letters 'ash' and 'yogh'.. what kind of backwards 90s website is this?.. I have been subbed to the National for around 18 months.. and I have complained about this on three separate occasions. This is THE ONLY website that does not support these letters.. *thee only* website. I have not used another website that didn't not support these letters for over two decades. Available everywhere, except where it is needed.. here.. a Scottish website.

What on earth, I am talking about here:
Dava's Scots Dictionary.. West Coast Edition

I don't wish the person reading this any ill will.. but I am pretty tired of complaining about this, when we need it now.. not next year.. you are even bringing focus to the Scots language which I commend.. *however*.. making this website some 90s non compatible HTML1 affair; is not cutting it (Windows 95 has an issue where you have to change keyboard for letters to work). I HATE using English when I could be using Scots.. but with a sizeable portion of the letters missing it just looks like jumbled up garbage from someone who does not speak and write in Scots. I tried to comment earlier.. here's that comment*:

'Firstly.. thanks fur drawin' attention tæ Scots.. secondly.. here's oor Alphabet:                                 
 A a Æ æ B b C c D d E e F f G g Ȝ ȝ H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p
Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z

Notice.. Ææ an' Ȝȝ.. we use æ a lot.. its letter name is 'ash'.. tæ.. wæ.. mæ..we use ȝ a'naw.. yon throaty sound in 'loch' oar mær properly.. loȝ.. bit loȝh looks bonnie.. moȝkyt.. (mockit.. meaning dirty covered with mud) Drouȝkyt (drowned).. Gleeȝkyt.. kin bæ used fur burȝh a'naw.. cgh in Scots is ȝ fur yon throaty sounds.. its cawed 'Yogh'  .. thought Ah wid share that wæ the page :).. '

is it missing for you?.. it's definitely missing for the comment sections on the pages..

*(which won't show up properly because this website was coded by someone who doesn't believe in different keyboards. fact. I had something more scathing to say.. but the truth has its own beauty)

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