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> technically superior alternatives like Dvorak and Esperanto would have taken over.

The best thing about English is the lack of accent marks. Makes each glyph unique (other than casing). Sorts are faster and not ambiguous.



It's also untrue.

It's good, for some purposes, that English can be written conventionally by ignoring the accent in words such as résumé. But there are plenty of contexts, and I would say most of them, where this is going to bite you.


please provide a few real world examples.




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