The problems with the umlauts is: they don't appear correctly in most mail clients, so in Germany we often use (in mails etc.):
ue for u umlaut oe for o umlaut ae for a umlaut ss for ess-tset But my kmail client supports the umlauts, but they are different to Phil's. ae = d, oe = v, ue = |, ess-tset = _ Regards, Bernd Am Mit, 06 Aug 2003 schrieben Sie: > > I mentioned this to my roommate, and he pointed out that the German word for > > "sweet" is "suss"; "sweets" (as in "candies") is "Susse". > > More likely "S|ssigkeiten". Though I still tend to write "S|_igkeiten". > > -- > Phil Payne > http://www.isham-research.com > +44 7785 302 803 > +49 173 6242039
