ijk@cbnewsh.att.com (ihor.j.kinal) (05/24/90)
In article <1990May21.223242.15505@cbnewsh.att.com>, I write > German has certain vowels that are pronounced differently with the > two dots above them [called an umlaut]. > > An ACCEPTABLE alternative to printing the UMLAUT is having ===> > the 'a' follow these vowels [however, the ===>> 'a' is indeed not there in things like alphabeticization, I believe.] > > Ihor Kinal > att!cbnewsh!ijk Of course, I MEANT to say > the 'e' follow these vowels [however, the > 'e' is indeed not there in things like alphabeticization, I believe.] So, "Saenger' means that the 'a' is UMLAUTED, and is a more correct way of spelling on terminals without that capability. [ Thanks to Mark Routbort for pointing this out to me.] Ihor Kinal aat!cbnewsh!ijk [why can't they invent computers that do what we want, instead of what we tell them to do!!! :-) ]
ap542@ztivax.UUCP (Helmut Peisl) (05/28/90)
Hi! This doesn't correctly belong here, but as it was brought up, I thought I'd post a complete list. I'm german, I should know :-) There are three different Um|auts: a", o" and u" All are also spelled ae, oe and ue. This is just as correct. Actually more correct than appending " after their vowel. Just to make the list complete, there is also also a "sharp s", which is written as ss or more correctly as sz. Just in case anybody wanted to know... Mike -- Mike Hoffmann, Dept DI AP 542 Siemens AG, Munich, West Germany Disclaimer: none required in Germany, I think/hope/was told by my lawyer