Re: German+Hungarian question

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Henrik Theiling <theiling@A...>
wrote:

>Hi! Ah! Right! I always wondered how the glyph came about as the
>printed 'e' does not look similar.  That's right, in German cursive
>(Sütterlin), the 'e' is very similar to two strokes:
>http://www.peter-doerling.de/Lese/Alphabet.htm
>(Try to write 'Aluminium' in this font -- it's hilarious!)
Thanks for the link to the Fraktur site.  I remember as a child
teaching myself German (I can never forget "der des dem den; die der
der die, etc.") and learning how to write in Fraktur.  I thought it
(and I) were so cool.  The word "aluminium" must indeed look
hilarious in Fraktur.  By my count there are 15 strokes.  Thank
goodness for the dots on the "i's" and the breve over the "u."
Perhaps one should write it as we do here in America and leave out
that final "i."  :-)  One less vertical stroke!

Charlie
http:wiki.frath.net/user:caeruleancentaur