The Address Bookhttps://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-address-book/ …
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Replying to @99piorg
As always fascinating episode
but wow, What3Words gave me the creeps with it's casual anglo-centrism. Let's name every centimeter on earth with three randomly chosen English words. Yaiks, because we didn't have enough of that throughout the history
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what3words is available in 46 different languages with more to come |http://support.what3words.com/en/articles/3624885-how-many-languages-is-what3words-available-in …
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Replying to @what3words
The app is, but the location coordinates are all in English, aren't they?
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Replying to @anka_dm
The locations, or what3words addresses, can be in any of 46 languages. Our app can also display the what3words address in 2 languages at once. Here is Arabic & German.pic.twitter.com/9Qu4wT8PZR
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Replying to @what3words
Ah, fair enough, it didn't do it when I changed the language and I didn't dig deep enough. How does it choose translations? Or are the words different in each language?
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NP. New system for each language. Shorter, more common words in places that speak that language. Similar combinations far apart to make errors obvious.
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