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[sterios prosiniklis <steriosprosiniklis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Indeed there are more than one styles in the representation of
PERISPOMENH for Greek Polytonic. Which shall we choose?

Greek students are taught Ancient Greek (in Greek Polytonic) in high school and senior high school (ages 12 to 18). The school books for high school are freely available as PDF files from http://pi-schools.sch.gr/gymnasio/ (search for «Αρχαία» to find all
relevant books) For example, http://pi-schools.sch.gr/gymnasio/arxaia_b/math/math_1-20.pdf (ages 13-14). You can also download the entire dictionary, students currently use: http://files.ubuntu-gr.org/forum/pros/dictionaries/%20%ce%b1%cf%81%cf%87%ce%b1%ce%af%cf%89%ce%bd%20%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%bb%ce%b7%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8e%ce%bd.pdf

All Greek students go through high school, as it is part of the
compulsory education, and they end up seeing this type of Greek
Polytonic.

In addition, the default installation of Ubuntu with the Greek locale
(language support) allows users to type Greek Polytonic (we made it part
of the default keyboard layout). Thus, students can write their school
essays on Ubuntu with Ubuntu font, in Greek Polytonic.

Therefore, we, as Ubuntu-gr community, believe that we should go for the
style 'tilde' for PERISPOMENI, since it is used in Greek education, and
specifically during all (compulsory) secondary education.

A screen shot of the aforementioned dictionary
http://ubuntuone.com/p/yPp/

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  Style: Greek: document rationale for design of PERISPOMENI accent
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