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Spelling Hahnemuehle,was: Subject and Header Lines

2001-08-06 by ruhrfoto@yahoo.de

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., mwesley250@e... wrote:
 
> PLEASE DO NOT USE SPECIAL CHARACTERS IN SUBJECT LINES.

> Unfortunately special characters also include many standard 
> European characters that are not included in the American alphabet
> Re: Hahnemühle in Los Angeles, CA:Freestyle
> Which when displayed on the group homepage (not on e-mailed posts 
> fortunately) are rendered by Yahoo 
> RE:_=5BDigital_BW=5D_Re:_Hahnem=FC  
> Basically the "ü" causes Yahoo to lose it's mind and to start 
> substituting garbage. > Martin


Martin,
it is a crux with the German "Umlaute" ä, ö, ü.
Unfortunately the ü occurs in the Hahnemühle brand, so many Headers 
in this and other lists are corrupted.
In Germany we would avoid the problem by changing the 

ä to ae
ö to oe
ü to ue

But the American list members seem to prefer to skip the e.
So there are two possible variations to avoid the "Umlaut"-problem in 
spelling Hahnemühle (ore others) in headers:
1. Hahnemuhle (American)
2. Hahnemuehle (German).

To keep the archives searchable, which one shall we use???

Bernd

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