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>>notok+(OP)
Interesting article, I've had some similar (though significantly less severe) experiences with having ä and ß in my names, it seems many U. S. companies are just unwilling/incapable of going beyond ASCII.

The government being this sloppy at getting accents right is surprising, I would expect them to value accuracy and a clean paper trail when handling names.

http://archive.today/5h4v2

>>c0balt+G6
> The government being this sloppy at getting accents right is surprising, I would expect them to value accuracy

That tells me you're German, I didn't even need to see the ä and ß.

Even in the UK I encounter websites that won't accept my Norwegian address because it begins with Ã…. English speaking countries generally are pretty bad at this sort of thing.

>>ninala+ya
You'd think the UK would be alright with it given Irish names are and were reasonably common (at least in parts of the UK), which commonly have fadas in them (i.e. Béibhinn, Seán, Ciarán, etc)

>>reorde+Mh
I mean, English itself has diacritics in perfectly ordinary words that many Americans use every day (café, résumé, and yet somebody decided to put "useless" characters like @, ^ or # in ASCII instead.

>>miki12+UI
They are optional though, and who can be bothered to add that when typing.