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Why does this MWE not use correct UK English hyphenation? The second line has an influence on alternate, but not on nevertheless:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[UKenglish]{babel}
\begin{document}
    \fbox{\parbox{8mm}{\hskip0pt alternate}}

    \fbox{\parbox{8mm}{\hskip0pt nevertheless}}     
\end{document}

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Correct hyphenations are:

BE: never|the|less (Oxford)

AE: nev·er·the·less (Merriam-Webster, Oxford)

(Bonus question: Why is the first word in my MWE not hyphenated? Answered.)

Some part of my log output:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (MiKTeX 2.9 64-bit) (preloaded format=pdflatex 2016.6.30)  19 JUL 2016 13:13
entering extended mode
**./hindex.tex
(hindex.tex
LaTeX2e <2016/03/31> patch level 1
Babel <3.9r> and hyphenation patterns for 4 language(s) loaded.

This output is exactly the same, regardless of whether I use english or UKenglish.

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    related http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/171084/why-does-usepackagebritishbabel-hyphenate-the-word-alternate-incorrectly – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jul 19 '16 at 17:22
  • I see. So the BE hyphenation of alternate is (incorrectly) different from the AE hyphenation; and the BE hyphenation of nevertheless is (incorrectly) identical to the AE hyphenation. Looks like a duplicate then, the other question's answers answer this question pretty well. – bers Jul 19 '16 at 17:34

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