Everyday, as an American

Bob@midwest.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 1251 points –
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We standardized an alphabet among all countries for clear communication.

Here is an example of it going wrong.

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I'm pretty sure that's an example of why you should use the chosen ones instead of going "mancy/nancy" all over the place.

Also, didn't they just make a standard for themselves and other just took it because it was probably easier than making one for their own language (oh right, NATO... but let's be honest here, NATO is just a forum for America to flaunt its power while PR-ing peaceful, so it makes sense they use English, which is also easier to be a second language than most other ones).
Though I feel like China might have made their own.

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