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Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?



Am 2006-04-19 10:50:06, schrieb Paul Johnson:
> On Wednesday 19 April 2006 09:33, Mike McCarty wrote:
> > Pardon, but in this context the appropriate form is to expand
> > the umlaut. It is inappropriate to put characters like that
> > into a text-only message.
> 
> There isn't anything non-ISO about "ä", including it in a message doesn't make 
> it "not text only".  The "ae" is a poorman form of "æ".

You forget, that the american brain is limited
to 128 characters called US-ASCII.

        und weg....

Greetings
    Michelle Konzack


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