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[ChenZheChina]

I haven't specifically collected examples of justification, even though I see them frequently, but I had a few in my files...

Hi JKP, thanks for the examples. The one on the right-bottom corner seems to be another ain aiin aiiin.

It reminds me about something.

In Microsoft Word, if we create a Table of Content, the default space-filling character is “…” . Therefore, for me, it seems that the ellipsis has double duty: one as placeholder, or dysfunctional decoration as Marco said, and another as a mark for omitting something.

What if ain aiin aiiin are also something like this? dain daiin are actually two words both starting with d, but the former is shorter, while the latter is longer, like d--- d-----. Considering that a is appearing standalone not very few, and sequences like ain aiin actually exist,  it is also possible that only i is the ellipsis mark. Id est, dain daiin are actually two words both starting with da.

If we are not counting composing characters like IPh or IFh, the i starts a word only twice, which makes it quite suspicious.