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1 Comments:
Growing up being taught some French that never took, I was used to seeing accents on letters. Even so, Turkish always seemed absolutely decadent to me, with its willingness to lavish several different accents on just about any letter, even putting cedilles on an s! You'll never convince me that they haven't just adopted them for ornamental use.
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