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James Wood

@hongminhee How accurately are `lang` attributes placed in practice? I remember seeing “直” displayed wrong for the intended language on social media before (and, by the way, I don't think it's possible for me to specify the intended language in my quote there), and I often see people on the Fediverse who set-and-forget their language and then post in a different language, which you can tell on the client I use because it offers to translate the message.

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee)

@mudri Yes, in practice, people often don't even specify the lang attribute at all, and as you said, even on fediverse, there are many people who post without setting the language correctly. 🤦

Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle

@mudri @hongminhee I guess the most common problem with lang is it often not being used when it should

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