Amen. A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. Classical Guitarist/Lutenist
> On Jul 26, 2017, at 5:42 AM, mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: > > We have hundreds of words in English which are spelt in the same way > but have different meanings depending on the context and we usually > manage to understand what is intended without diacritical marks. > This list is conducted in English - is it helpful to insist on sending > messages which are difficult to decipher for everyone on it regardless > of what their mother tongue might be? > Monica > > > ----Original Message---- > From: r...@mh-freiburg.de > Date: 26/07/2017 12:19 > To: <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> > Cc: "LutList"<lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Subj: Mailing List Software [was] Re: Sermisy > > > Am Mittwoch, 26. Juli 2017 11:26 CEST, "mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk" > <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> schrieb: > > <...> >> surely it is not necessary. > > That's pretty much an anglocentric, snobbish statement. > Those little speckles aren't just arabesque ornamental decoration, they > carry a meaning. > It really makes a difference if you write someone is from "Düsseldorf" > (village near the river > Düssel) or "Dusseldorf" (village of the morons). > At least attempting to use propper spelling seems to be a laudeable > goal, even outside > "scholarly dissertations". > > Of course, the right thing to do would be to fix that small bugglet in > the ML software. > I'd be more than happy to assist. > > Cheers, RalfD > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cs.dartmouth.edu_-7Ewbc_lute-2Dadmin_index.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=VLPJ8OE-c_C6joGeE1ftlvxMmQPq9N6mpKZONBRt90E&m=ZbaEdErXsdhb6MReCk80wc-r58ituDrdfo0qz1miZN8&s=PtSVw1kpxRccn9AVgLo9ymyxBbKvzck6KJK4mGxCiwE&e= >
