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: [email protected] Date: 26/07/2017 12:19 To: <[email protected]> Cc: "LutList"<[email protected]> Subj: Mailing List Software [was] Re: Sermisy Am Mittwoch, 26. Juli 2017 11:26 CEST, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> 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 http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
