[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23907: Scandinavian ligatures transcribed wrong in remove_accents()

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#23907: Scandinavian ligatures transcribed wrong in remove_accents()
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 Reporter:  dnusim                               |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
Component:  I18N                                 |  Release
 Severity:  minor                                |     Version:  3.6
 Keywords:  has-patch 3.7-early needs-unit-      |  Resolution:
  tests                                          |
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Comment (by theorboman):

 I'm not Swedish, but I live and work in Sweden, I speak Swedish fluently
 and I've spoken with several of my Swedish colleagues regarding this. The
 general consensus is that although it's not uncommon for Swedish vowels to
 be replaced by a single letter, that is to say '''å''' becomes simply
 '''a''', it is more correct that we follow the suggested pattern above for
 Norwegian and Danish translations so '''å''' becomes '''a'''.

 The best argument for this is to differentiate from words that are spelt
 with '''a''' or '''å''' (or any other Swedish vowel for that matter).

 As an example, '''far''' in Swedish means 'Father' but '''får''' means
 'sheep'. If we replace '''å''' with '''a''' we can't differentiate between
 the two (which might make for awkward family gatherings).

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