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In English, dropping one diacritic changes "Where's the rosé?" to "Where's the rose?", and changes "My maté is cold" to "My mate is cold."
by eesmith 4y ago
In English, dropping one diacritic changes "Where's the rosé?" to "Where's the rose?", and changes "My maté is cold" to "My mate is cold."
- Dylan16807 4y ago> rosé Maybe, though it's still halfway the same word. > maté Not a change, both spellings are valid.
- eesmith 4y agoMaybe even three-quarters the same word. (4/5ths if you count code points in NFD!) Malé parties are a lot of fun. Those are some pretty lamé runners.
- ajuc 4y agoIn Polish "zrób mi łaskę" means "do me a favor" and "zrób mi laskę" means "give me a blowjob".
- schoen 4y agoAn oddity is that "maté" (meant to indicate that the e is pronounced) is an incorrect spelling in both Spanish and Portuguese, where it would wrongly suggest that the e is stressed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_mate#Name_and_pronunciation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_mate#Name_and_pronunciat...