> > On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:08:41 +0100, Kjell Rilbe wrote:
> > It's my case also, my native tongue is Portuguese. Is very rich in
> > various types of accents. And no, I don't use quoted identifiers with
> > accents
> > or mixed case.
>
> Good for you that it's rich in *accents*. But in Swedish we happen to
> have letters not in ASCII that simply aren't accented variants of ASCII
> characters - they're completely different letters: ÅÄÖ. What do you
> suggest I do with them? Removing the ring in Å doesn't simply remove an
> accent - it alters the letter into a completely different one. I might
> as well replace all O:s with A:s. Nice.
>
> Furthermare, in Swedish V and W are semantically identical. Yes
> identical. In every aspect. Sa vhy dan't I just ga ahead and replace all
> W:s with V. That vauld be very nice, vauldn't it?

Now, if you pronounce this vith an accent of a German person speaking
English, I vouldn't see the difference. :-)

With regards,

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