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On 10/05/2013 17:25, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:07 AM, rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On May 10, 8:32 pm, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Ned Batchelder <n...@nedbatchelder.com> wrote:
>>>> On 5/10/2013 11:06 AM, jmfauth wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On 8 mai, 15:19, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Apropos to any of the myriad unicode threads that have been going on
>>>>>> recently:
>>>
>>>>>> http://xkcd.com/1209/
>>>
>>>>> ------
>>>
>>>>> This reflects a lack of understanding of Unicode.
>>>
>>>>> jmf
>>>
>>>> And this reflects a lack of a sense of humor.  :)
>>>
>>> Isn't that a crime in the UK?
>>>
>>> ChrisA
>>
>> The problem with English humour (as against standard humor) is that
>> its not unicode compliant
>
> Unicode humour was carefully laid out to incorporate English humour.
> In fact, if you use the standard variable-length-joke encoding, it's
> possible for a Unicode joke to be decoded as if it were an English
> joke, without any actual knowledge of Unicode. Unfortunately, this can
> result in non-compliant English humour publishers producing jokes that
> come out as gibberish in the rest of the world. Fortunately, we then
> get to laugh at them.
>
> ChrisA
>

This simply shows bias to the English speaking world, as does Python 
unicode, at least in 3.3+.  I wouldn't mind betting that other languages 
can't cope, e.g. can 3.3+ manage the top secret joke that's so deadly 
even the Germans die laughing?

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