reading [y] as a null character

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I have four VMS transcripts, one of which is integrated with a concordance.

In the integrated transcript, I have about 30 flags. I set several flags for the y character, so I can search and sort for different (possible) scenarios. One of those is to temporarily treat it as a stop-symbol or divider-symbol. I think the y is a very good candidate for this possibility.

But I don't want to get too tied to this idea, because it is also a good candidate for an abbreviation symbol (perhaps a general-pupose abbreviation symbol), since the position and frequency is similar to how medieval abbreviations were used. It differs mainly in that it is more frequent than one usually sees but... if it is a general-purpose abbreviation (standing for a wider variety of abbreviations), then perhaps the high frequency is not completely unreasonable.