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Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h... by unsupp0rted on Sunday November 05, 2023 @09:29AM (#38151424)
> I'm a but wary in general about how US tech used around the world slowly erodes the nuances of different cultures

This is a plus, not a minus. It doesn't matter what (reasonable) standard we go with, as long we go with one. I'm excited for a time when all humans speak (and read, if reading is still needed by then) the same easy-to-learn logical language from childhood.

When English and Norwegian become special interest topics that niche scholars learn as part of their grad work, we'll all be better off.

https://theculture.fandom.com/wiki/Marain

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Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h... by smt88 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @09:35AM (#38151463)
It would be cool to have a universal language, but English is the JavaScript of spoken languages – universal because of coincidence rather than good design.
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Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h... by fostware on Sunday November 05, 2023 @10:16AM (#38151814)
... and not afraid to steal bits from another language.
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Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h... by cubefox on Sunday November 05, 2023 @02:29PM (#38154692)
English would be fine as a lingua franca if you could reasonably infer pronunciation from spelling and spelling from pronunciation, like e.g. in Spanish.
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