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Re: [Digital BW] Spelling Hahnemuehle,was: Subject and Header Lines

2001-08-06 by Jerry Olson

How do you pronounce hahanemule?

ruhrfoto@... wrote:

> --- 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: Hahnem\ufffdhle 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 "\ufffd" causes Yahoo to lose it's mind and to start
> > substituting garbage. > Martin
>
> Martin,
> it is a crux with the German "Umlaute" \ufffd, \ufffd, \ufffd.
> Unfortunately the \ufffd occurs in the Hahnem\ufffdhle brand, so many Headers
> in this and other lists are corrupted.
> In Germany we would avoid the problem by changing the
>
> \ufffd to ae
> \ufffd to oe
> \ufffd 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 Hahnem\ufffdhle (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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