Re: Replacing accented characters?
| From: | Marcus Gnaß | Date: | Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:17:37 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Replacing accented characters? | ||
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On 28.01.2010 03:40, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 04:55:46PM -0600, Skip Evans wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I'm looking for recommendations on how to replace accented
>> characters, like e and u with those two little dots above
>> them, with the regular e and u characters.
>
> FWIW, those two dots are called an "umlaut".
>
> Paul
>
FWIW, the whole letters ÄäÖöÜü are called "Umlaute" (umlauts).
The two dots above *these* letters are "Umlautzeichen" (umlaut marks).
But two dots above an e or i are called "Trema" (diacritic mark).
Marcus