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From: ijk@cbnewsh.att.com (ihor.j.kinal)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Sanger or Saenger? [UMLAUTS - Correction]
Summary: EGG on my face, HEX on my fingers: TYPO!!
Message-ID: <1990May24.113508.21467@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 24 May 90 11:35:08 GMT
References: <1088.2657c5ed@cc.nu.oz> <1990May21.041821.15025@utzoo.uucp> <1990May21.223242.15505@cbnewsh.att.com>
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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!!!  :-) ]