Vancouver man says institutions unable to recognize new Indigenous street name - BC | Globalnews.ca
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Signposts on the Vancouver street bear the English name below the official Musqueam name, which is written in the North American Phonetic Alphabet.
  • Maxx0r@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    19 hours ago

    I found this interesting since it’s basically about unicode support, so I did some research. This article seems bullshit, it seems like rhe residents are expected to use the english version of the streetname (Musqueamview) and not the indigenous one with uncommon letters. So, the problems described is totally fabricated. But also: databases shouldn’t forbid uncommon unicode letters if it isn’t called for.

    • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      14 hours ago

      But also: databases shouldn’t forbid uncommon unicode letters if it isn’t called for.

      I stumble across this issue quite often. When you fill out a form for US customs, you are both required to provide exact data and you are only allowed a-z, 0-9, and some punctuation. That you cannot fulfil both because they are mutually exclusive does not cross their blessed little minds.