Subj : UTF-8 nodelist report
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Sun Mar 09 2025 12:47 pm

Hey Michiel!

On Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:04:36 +0100, you wrote:

 > My notoriously unreliable memory tells me that you name should actually
 > be spelled "Boël" with two dots on the 'e'. Is that correct?

That is correct. However: 

1) The US keyboard doesn't easily allow for it

2) I don't care to type some kind of alt-key combination to produce diaereses every time I want to type my name.

3) Whether I write it that way or not, most Americans don't realize what they are actually there for (or even the definition of a diaereses and what it actually means). All through life it has been pronounced "bowl" or something random like that, unless they have actually asked myself, a family member, or friend in the past.

 > This particular problem could indeed be easely fixed at the ZC's side.
 > But it should not be needed. Plus that it is hard to fight against
 > someone knwowingly and willingly looking for loopholes to derail the
 > system. If this particular loophole were blocked it could easely turn
 > into an arms race that benefits no one. The weekly error may be the
 > lesser evil...

This 'loophole' was originally done for the ASCII nodelist, though, correct? I seem to recall it being in the original nodelist long before it was an issue in the UTF-8 version.

Regards,
Nick

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