# Japanese kanji: Mac OS X vs SDMB

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-kanji-mac-os-x-vs-sdmb/355514>\
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**Created:** [May 5, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-kanji-mac-os-x-vs-sdmb/355514 "2006-05-05T09:21:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-kanji-mac-os-x-vs-sdmb/355514/1 "2006-05-05T09:21:17Z")

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There have been a few occasions when I have wanted to post a bit of Japanese kanji to the board. When I type it into the box, it looks fine. When I hit “Submit New Thread”, however, the board converts it into nonsense. I see other posters having success with this; why can’t I do it? Is vBulletin Mac-averse?

リックオズボーン

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-kanji-mac-os-x-vs-sdmb/355514/2 "2006-05-05T09:22:51Z")

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Okay, never mind then. I changed the text encoding to Unicode before I submitted that post, and it worked. I’ll make a note for next time. Sorry for the bother.