Is sanitize_title_with_dashes formatting function too liberal (in terms of accepted characters)?

Consider this function as a rough placeholder. It has more flaws than you might imagine … 🙂
There are many plugins to improve the conversion for different languages and needs. You may take a look at my plugin Germanix to see how this could be done.

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