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(For some context, I live in Canada, beer labels are bilingually English & French here)

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[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 5 days ago

This reminds me Mark Hale using emojis for broad transcription of Marshallese vowels. That was hilarious (and genius - it's a great way to tell people "focus on their contrast dammit").

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