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Re:Things you wish you didn't need to know about S3 by reddalo on Friday May 31, 2024 @02:47AM (#40532149)
Speaking of non-English cultures, do Japanese case insensitive systems differentiate between hiragana and katakana?

Because, in some ways, the two syllabaries remind me of uppercase and lowercase alphabets.

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Re:Things you wish you didn't need to know about S3 by thaumasiotes on Friday May 31, 2024 @04:29AM (#40532663)
They're more like distinguishing between "o" and “ℴ”.

Which is where the European idea of "capital letters" originates, but not how we think about them today.

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Re:Things you wish you didn't need to know about S3 by presentation on Friday May 31, 2024 @10:50AM (#40535944)
A lot of the time forms will specifically ask for hiragana or katakana, or specify full width or half width characters.

But basically it’s a mess there too

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