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Umlaut vs. Diaeresis/Trema

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Donald Pisani

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Jan 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/30/98
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Dear Michael Borries and Autocatters,

I made a misleading mistake in my translation yesterday. The word
zoology with Trema over the second o is Dutch, not German. People,
not computers, can tell the difference between the two diacritics by
knowing which language they have.

I suspect that computers can tell the difference if the data is typed
correctly. My keyboard has a-Umlaut, o-Umlaut and u-Umlaut as
normal letters. The Trema is a diacritic that I have to add to the
letter like an accent. So to catalog correctly your system has to offer
you Trema and Umlaut.

Sorry again about the confusion. I hope this helps.

Don Pisani

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