The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history, with the expected approval this week of international domain names - or addresses - that can be written in languages other than English, an official said yesterday. That change could potentially open up the Web to more people around the world as addresses could be in characters as diverse as Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Greek, Hindi and Cyrillic, in which Russian is written. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann - the non-profit group that oversees domain names, or website addresses - is holding a meeting this week in Seoul.
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After all, kids can write all kinds of nonsense on a sheet of paper and spread it around school, as well; they've been doing that for generations. Yet, I don't see too many teachers wondering whether we should allow them to write.