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Honest question: why post this on HN?
by karmakurtisaani 2y ago
Honest question: why post this on HN?
- barrettondricka 2y agoI found it curious how Wikipedia adapted middle school English as a whole new language. The had a feature (languages) but used it to rewrite articles in a different style. Had the "hackers using features in unintended ways" feel to it.
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoOk, fair enough. FYI it's not uncommon to get for example news in simplified language for non-native speakers. And I think there's a version of Chinese that uses Latin alphabet, so indeed some languages are just "dumbed-down" versions of the real thing!