Newton MessagePad: Using Foreign Characters in Word List

I can enter words that contain non-English characters (such as "è", "Ä", or "┐") into the Apple MessagePad's word list. Why do these words appear without the accent?
You can save words with non-English characters to the word list of the U.S. version of the Apple MessagePad. These words, however, are displayed without accents and the Apple MessagePad do not recognize non-English characters when you write them. We recommend that you do not enter words with non-English characters into your word list.
Published Date: Feb 19, 2012