German gets a new letter This and That Entry posted by Viggen May 28, 2007 644 views Share More sharing options... Followers 0 A once in a life time event will soon happen in the german speaking world. The special german character Report Entry
Nephele 4 Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share The item about the German surnames being affected by this change is of particular interest to me. Do you have any links to news stories about those Germans who refused to pay their taxes because of the dispute regarding the spelling of their surnames? -- Nephele Link to comment
Viggen 95 Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share The item about the German surnames being affected by this change is of particular interest to me. Do you have any links to news stories about those Germans who refused to pay their taxes because of the dispute regarding the spelling of their surnames? -- Nephele I cant find anything on the web regarding those courtcases, however i did found more info one could wish for about the proposal for the capital Link to comment
Rameses the Great 0 Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Is this change only to be instituted in Austria or all of the Germanic speaking countries? Link to comment
Nephele 4 Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Thanks for that link, Viggen! Heheh, looking at the pic of that German edition of Stephen Hawking's book, on first glance it looks almost like: "DAS UNIVERSE IN DER NUMBSCHULL". I'm now wondering how many U.S. Immigration Officers, back in the day when the immigrants would come in through Ellis Island, might have been responsible for renaming German families on account of having mistaken the " Link to comment
FLavius Valerius Constantinus 1 Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Don't ya think it's kinda hard find a new capital B unless it was a very different font. Link to comment
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