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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,sci.lang
Subject: Re: Computers and human languages (was Re: What is a byte)
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Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 1969
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>>I was told once (by a respected linguist, as I recall) that English and
>>Russian are the ONLY two languages written with unaccented alphabets.

The Russian alphabet does have two accented letters, although the accents
are often omitted.  How common this omission is, or whether it is getting
more common, I don't really know.
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