Re: Re: Replacing accented characters?
| From: | Ross McKay | Date: | Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:33:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Replacing accented characters? | ||
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On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:38:42 +0000, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
>Don't forget that changing some characters can actually change the words
>and meanings of words. While an ë might look like and e, it's actually a
>completely different character, with a different pronunciation to go
>with it. [...]
True. But for the purposes of "cleaning up" URLs (not I18N friendly, but
practical on Anglo-centric websites) it has its uses.
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Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia
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