Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!sunybcs!ellie!colonel
From: colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Godel or Goedel
Message-ID: <794@ellie.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Feb-86 10:42:26 EST
Article-I.D.: ellie.794
Posted: Wed Feb 12 10:42:26 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 14-Feb-86 06:33:47 EST
References: <893@h-sc1.UUCP>
Distribution: net
Organization: A-1 Mosquito Farms
Lines: 20

> By the way, the correct spelling of Goedel is 'Goedel', not 'Godel'.
> The umlaut in German writing is best transliterated by the corresponding
> vowel followed by an 'e'. The German sharp-s (the thing which looks
> like a beta) is *best* transliterated by 'sz', but *most commonly* it
> is written as an 'ss'.  Umlaute and sharp-s's are simply handwritten
> abbreviations for the letter combinations, and, unfortunately, these
> found their way into the printed language (the two dots are 
> a contracted Suetterlin script 'e'). Therefore, dropping
> the two dots can lead to bizarre changes in meaning and connotations --
> just like dropping letters in English words isn't a good idea...

Sure, "sz" avoids ambiguity, but even the Germans transliterate it as
"ss" when there's no sharp-s key.

Say, what about Munster cheese?
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel
CS: colonel@buffalo-cs
BI: csdsicher@sunyabva