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Re:Why English doesn't use accents by stavros on Monday July 07, 2025 @05:45AM (#44488485)
Italian script doesn't use diacritics, though, so it's not the same kind of accent as the article talks about.
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Re:Why English doesn't use accents by Luker88 on Monday July 07, 2025 @05:53AM (#44488531)
Italian script most definitely requires diacritics.

"è" (is) vs "e" (and)

"pero" (pear tree) vs "però" (but)

"perché" is the only correct one and "perche" and "perchè" do not exist

and so many other examples.

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Re:Why English doesn't use accents by stavros on Monday July 07, 2025 @05:57AM (#44488560)
Oh huh, I've forgotten more Italian than I thought, thanks for the correction!
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