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Re: Umlauts (was Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad)

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Sunday, October 26, 2003, 19:36
Costentin Cornomorus wrote:
> Best to drop the whole thing.
Right, that's what I was saying. Just that if you *are* going to use it, you might as well use it in a logical manner, which in both French and English conventions means on the second vowel, spelling it either English-style as Noel, or French style as Noël, but Nöel is completely illogical, being neither an English convention, nor faithful to the original language. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42