In Portugal it always was, that is why we got to use eh for é, ah for á, he for è, c, for ç and many other tricks. Shared by other European languages, like ou

In Portugal it always was, that is why we got to use eh for é, ah for á, he for è, c, for ç and many other tricks. Shared by other European languages, like ou for ö in German, kalimera for καλημέρα, and so on all around the world in non-English speaking countries during the early days of computing.