[OSM-talk] OSM nicknames are Unicode characters? (not Ascii?)

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

Practically all people in Russia studied a foreign language within the 
compulsory education system. Usually it is English, French, or German.
How well they may know the language is debatable, however I am sure that 
typing several Latin letters would not be a challenge.

Besides in such disciplines as mathematics or chemistry the Latin 
letters are being used widely for variables in formulas, etc.
Customarily, a keyboard with the Russian layout has got also the Latin 
letters on the keys (buttons) [1].

I do not know exactly about Japan and China, but I guess that it is 
about the same there too.

[1] 
https://www.pngfind.com/pngs/m/326-3264221_russian-keyboard-layout-norwegian-keyboard-layout-windows-hd.png

On 28-May-20 15:28, Maarten Deen wrote:
> I'm sure this is a feature that's very helpful for everyone not 
> writing in latin script (Russia, China, Japan, etc).