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Re:Why is 70% isopropyl alcohol a better disinfectant than 9... by jfk13 on Saturday May 16, 2020 @05:40PM (#23207424)
Have you checked out the Unicode character repertoire recently? There are a lot more than 26 letters to play with.
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Re:Why is 70% isopropyl alcohol a better disinfectant than 9... by gumby on Saturday May 16, 2020 @11:18PM (#23209279)
We have to restrict outprselves to phonetic alphabets, abjads, and abugidas else they can’t truly be “acronyms”
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