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Re:Identify Any Language Written in the Roman Alphabet at a ... by daniyel on Thursday May 12, 2016 @05:19PM (#11686861)
If the text contains only plain, boring letters and you see the word "the" being used a few times... you're looking at a text in English.
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Re:Identify Any Language Written in the Roman Alphabet at a ... by timthorn on Friday May 13, 2016 @12:45AM (#11688685)
Though æ is used in English, too.
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Re:Identify Any Language Written in the Roman Alphabet at a ... by skykooler on Friday May 13, 2016 @12:53AM (#11688712)
Quite rarely, however. Especially in American english (British English still uses it for some spellings, like "encyclopædia").
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Re:Identify Any Language Written in the Roman Alphabet at a ... by timthorn on Friday May 13, 2016 @03:32AM (#11689131)
Yes, I have noted the American difference. Pedophile means something quite different!
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Re:Identify Any Language Written in the Roman Alphabet at a ... by ygra on Friday May 13, 2016 @05:53AM (#11689480)
And ë or ö, archaically ;)
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Re:Identify Any Language Written in the Roman Alphabet at a ... by bmm6o on Friday May 13, 2016 @11:20AM (#11690872)
English with a lot of ë's and ö's means you're reading The New Yorker.
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Re:Identify Any Language Written in the Roman Alphabet at a ... by eru on Friday May 13, 2016 @07:58AM (#11689853)
And ï.
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