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Re: Orthographic miscellanea (was: Chinese Romanization etc)

From:Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Date:Friday, September 10, 2004, 12:58
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 19:53:17 +0100, Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> wrote:
> One German visitor who stayed with > us several years ago told me that |ä|, |ö| and |ü| should be written as > |AE|, |OE| and |UE| when writing in block capitals. I don't know whether > this is universally true or just a habit of hers.
Habit of her's, I'd say. I'd certainly expect to see |Ä Ö Ü| in general use; |AE OE UE| are understandable and occur in certain contexts even in modern use, but I'd consider those spellings stylistically marked. Cheers, -- Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> Mind the Reply-To!