RSS BotMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish • 17 days agoFalsehoods programmers believe about languages (localization)www.lexiconista.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: programming@programming.dev
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minus-squareXavienthlinkfedilinkEnglish2•16 days agoCanada breaks all four of the last assumptions in the article, and the one about exactly one correct spelling.
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish2•16 days agoMost countries break those four. All those hard-coded associations that we make between country and language are at best generalisations/stereotypes, at worst superstition.
Canada breaks all four of the last assumptions in the article, and the one about exactly one correct spelling.
Most countries break those four. All those hard-coded associations that we make between country and language are at best generalisations/stereotypes, at worst superstition.