Peter T. Daniels wrote:

> It wouldn't have occurred to me in a million years that they [Microsoft]
> call accented letters "international characters."

I'm reminded that CNN reputedly had/has a rule against the word
"foreign" (since everywhere is foreign to somewhere else) and
"international" was the recommended substitute, resulting in some funny
phrases that I have of course forgotten.

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