leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Lee Mellinger) (05/25/90)
In article <1990May21.223242.15505@cbnewsh.att.com> ijk@cbnewsh.att.com (ihor.j.kinal) writes: :In article <1990May21.041821.15025@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: :> In article <1088.2657c5ed@cc.nu.oz> c8919865@cc.nu.oz writes: :> >... The new german spaceplane - is it spelt SANGER or SAENGER? :> :> The correct spelling is "S" "a"-with-two-dots-above-it "n" "g" "e" "r". :> -- :Henry, is correct! [ BIG :-) surprise ] : :German has certain vowels that are pronounced differently with the :two dots above them [called an umlaut]. "a", "o", and "u". : :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.] Not an "a", but as I posted earlier, an "e". :Ihor Kinal Lee "Mit Pulver und Blei, die Gedanken sind frei." |Lee F. Mellinger Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA |4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 818/393-0516 FTS 977-0516 |{ames!cit-vax,}!elroy!jpl-devvax!leem leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV