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Re:EBCDIC Is Incompatible with GDPR by HPsquared on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:30PM (#38014568)
People can spell out words in a language they don't understand, as long as they understand the letters. This is good for names. People can only do this if they understand the letters.
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Re:EBCDIC Is Incompatible with GDPR by marcus_holmes on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @08:36PM (#38020201)
How do you pronounce "Mebd"? Can you work out how to pronounce that name from how it's spelled? Or "Siobhan"?

Your statement isn't even remotely true.

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Re:EBCDIC Is Incompatible with GDPR by shiroiuma on Thursday October 26, 2023 @02:34AM (#38022413)
They don't have to pronounce those: they can just spell out the letters: M-E-B-D. It's not that hard. But if the customer's name is "坂本", how exactly is the bank employee supposed to say that?
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