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Hello Carlos,

On Wednesday November 30 2022 16:52, you wrote to me:

 MV>> But sacrificing the pound sign? Life is making choices and when
 MV>> it comes to choosing between the Pound sign and the a with
 MV>> tilde, I choose the Pound. I think the Brittih made a mistake to
 MV>> not   go for the Euro and keep the pound Sterling as their
 MV>> currency,    but it is what it is and the Pound Sterling is still
 MV>> in wide       spread use.

 CN> You could also type GBP, like with EUR. :-)

I could type GPB or £ (Alt 156) and it will be correctly translated to UTF-8
in my outgoing messages. The problem is /incoming/. I do not have control over
that. What are the chances that an incoming well formed UTF-8 sequence with
the last byte is meant as a Pound sign or as an 'a' with tilde? In /my/ case?
Since I do not master the portugese language and fidonet participants do not
write to me in Portugese, the chance that it is meant as a Pound sign is far
greater than it is meant as an 'a'with tilde.

Your case may be different...


Cheers, Michiel

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