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Re:What can’t the internet handle in 2022? Apostrophes by tialaramex on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:28AM (#33081767)
> Characters are defined by the unicode specification.

Unicode's glossary offers four definitions for this word, which ought to be a strong hint that this is not a technical term but instead a vague idea people have which doesn't align very well to the technical problem.

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Re:What can’t the internet handle in 2022? Apostrophes by throwaway09223 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:34AM (#33081857)
As I said initially: The interface (including the underlying unicode specification) is not good.

This is precisely my point. Internationalization is building on a foundation of sand.

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