[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8759: Word count function doesn't work in several languages

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#8759: Word count function doesn't work in several languages
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 Reporter:  jim912          |       Owner:  westi
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  low             |   Milestone:  3.4
Component:  I18N            |     Version:  2.7
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch gci   |
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Comment (by dd32):

 > Why don't we simply count the character length?

 Because in some languages, Character counts are useless (For example,
 English) - Just as English "Word Counts" in Japanese may be useless.

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