Brion Vibber wrote:
> On 7/28/09 10:30 AM, Tei wrote:
>> The related wikipedia article write that it was a urband leyend:
>>
>> http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acentuaci%C3%B3n_de_las_may%C3%BAsculas
> 
> Dang! I've been taken in again by exposure to real-world practice 
> instead of what's correct. ;)

Once upon a time, mechanical typewriters weren't able to properly
acceuntate them.

> (In any case, handling that case nicely is wise too.)
> 
> -- brion

At Spanish wikipedia there're some bots creating redirects from titles
lowercased with accents dropped, to make the article show up when
searching without the exact spelling.
I don't really like it, but where the software doesn't work, users get
inventive.


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