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From: Edward Flick <>
Subject: Re: german surnames
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 00:19:44 GMT


Please use "ue" instead of "u. Remember the Umlaut is not
always used -- as in Goethe. I think it confuses people who don't
have a knowledge of German and its pronunciation practices.
Germans on the net use ue, or ae, or oe, because of the English
keyboard.

Sincerely,
ILse Flick

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