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Re:CudaText: Cross-platform code editor by inb4_cancelled on Saturday July 24, 2021 @01:43AM (#27938761)
Weird, the actual serbian word is "čuda", pronounced "chuda", and they're completely ignoring the diacritics.
Re:CudaText: Cross-platform code editor by puszczyk on Saturday July 24, 2021 @07:43AM (#27940056)
In Polish it’s actually “cuda”, without diacritics (same meaning). Regardless, one often ignores diacritics in writing in English/Western context. My last name has “ń”, though all the airlines insist to put “n” there; same with Western European banks. While for some words they maybe ambiguities if you skip the diacritics they are usually resolved by the context. Polish ppl are def used to read a text without diacritics and not surprised by this. (Of course a larger body text is a bit harder/slower to read, but it happens often when text messaging or in a Western context). I don’t know for sure, but I suspect that Serbian is similar.
Re:CudaText: Cross-platform code editor by codetrotter on Saturday July 24, 2021 @09:26AM (#27940768)
> Regardless, one often ignores diacritics in writing in English/Western context

For example I think most people will write the name of the car make Škoda as Skoda.

Re:CudaText: Cross-platform code editor by Symbiote on Saturday July 24, 2021 @11:35AM (#27941787)
I think a lot of this is because, especially historically, people outside Czechia etc didn't know how to type Š. It's an effect of English-speaking countries defining global standards for computers, aviation and so on.

Hypothetically, and with a little exaggeration to make the point, if Sweden had somehow had that global influence in the mid-20th century, the American actress "Raquel Welch" might have been stuck with "Rakuel Velch" in her passport, and Swedish people would wonder why she was annoyed by this.

Re:CudaText: Cross-platform code editor by rollcat on Saturday July 24, 2021 @12:18PM (#27942154)
And that's how, (in my head,) we ended up with the international spelling of "Česko" using the Polish "cz".
Re:CudaText: Cross-platform code editor by shakow on Saturday July 24, 2021 @01:33PM (#27942851)
The “international” spelling is actually the English one. E.g. France and Germany respectively use “tch” and “tsch”, which correspond to the pronunciation in their languages.
Re:CudaText: Cross-platform code editor by desi_ninja on Saturday July 24, 2021 @01:58AM (#27938826)
It hindi language, chuda means 'get f*ckd'.
Re:CudaText: Cross-platform code editor by Symbiote on Saturday July 24, 2021 @04:04AM (#27939182)
Writing ČudaText rather than CudaText would help clarify it's nothing to do with Nvidia.