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Re:Map of quotation marks in European languages by Tainnor on Thursday December 17, 2020 @07:43PM (#25462430)
But the point wasn't that you can't recover the meaning from context. Languages are full of homonyms and homographs, and even typos and outright errors usually don't hinder understanding.

The point was simply that accents in French can change pronunciation, or at least change the meaning even if the pronunciation remains the same.

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Re:Map of quotation marks in European languages by mytailorisrich on Friday December 18, 2020 @06:34AM (#25466098)
I think the question was whether dropping the accents make reading a text difficult. Of course that may change words so requires a bit more effort but in general it's not that big a deal.
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