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Re:Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe... by r00fus on Thursday October 10, 2024 @04:52PM (#41803468)
And that's why we have language locale codes:

en_US vs. en_GB

fr_CA vs fr_FR

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Re:Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe... by ktosobcy on Friday October 11, 2024 @06:31AM (#41808184)
Yes, but imagine not having to deal with those ;)

Besides, in case of Spanish the spelling is more uniform. Aforementioned locales are mostly for GUIs and regional wording differences. And the thread started with "unifying english spelling" which is just a mess…

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