[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:  nacin
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  low             |   Milestone:  3.4
Component:  I18N            |     Version:  2.7
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |
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Comment (by nacin):

 Replying to [comment:29 jiehanzheng]:
 > Sorry I have to make a little change to the Chinese approach here after
 my quick research. It seems that our users prefer INCLUDING Chinese
 punctuation marks in the total word count, which will make our work easier
 (no longer need to remove Chinese punctuation marks).
 >
 > However, for the English part, we still prefer ''counting number of
 words instead of number of letters''.

 That does make things easier. I do agree that we should try to count the
 number of English words, rather than total characters, but I wouldn't call
 it a blocker if we don't. Anyone want to take a stab at a patch?

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