Re: emacs-28 b7d7c2d9e9: Add cross-reference to alternative syntaxes for Unicode

[Richard Stallman]

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  > FWIW, even living in a country where the average level of proficiency in
  > English is very low, I find that most people are able to understand
  > abbreviations such as "i.e." and "e.g."; they are taught in the
  > education system and are in fact used quite often on the internet.

I suspect it varies from country to country.

I would not know where to find the reports I got that people had
trouble understanding these Latin abbreviations, since it was years
ago, but I did get them.  People who don't recognize "e.g." will
certainly recognize "for example", so there's no harm in choosing the
latter.

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