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Date:      Thu, 10 Sep 1998 21:15:17 +0200
From:      Stefan Eggers <seggers@semyam.dinoco.de>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        seggers@semyam.dinoco.de
Subject:   Re: P-Day tomorrow! 
Message-ID:  <199809101915.VAA21906@semyam.dinoco.de>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "08 Sep 1998 22:23:49 %2B0200." <xzplnnus696.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> 

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> does the HTML entity for ï have to be &iuml? Why use a German word
> when there's a perfectly good English word for the bloody double-dot:
> DIARESIS for chrissake!

They are different according to the Webster I have - as I expected.  A
dieresis is used to indicate the adjacent vowels belong to different
syllabels while the umlaut changes the pronounceation of the vowel.
Now - of course - the questions is what the more appropriate name is
when you have to describe the dots.  Have fun.  ;-)

Stefan.
-- 
Stefan Eggers                 Lu4 yao2 zhi1 ma3 li4,
Max-Slevogt-Str. 1            ri4 jiu3 jian4 ren2 xin1.
51109 Koeln
Federal Republic of Germany

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