From: Philippe Verdy (verdy_p@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Sat Nov 19 2005 - 05:58:15 CST
From: "Asmus Freytag" <asmusf@ix.netcom.com>
>> There are orthographic differences between German written in Fraktur
>> (uses e and no umlaut),
>
> This is flatly incorrect. I wish you would try to limit your comments to
> areas for which you actually have expertise. Some Fraktur fonts may use a
> superscripted 'e', but 'no umlaut' is patently false.
You are rewording the same thing as me, with the same conclusion. a
superscript 'e' is still a 'e', not an umlaut.
In fact if you look at fraktur 'e' it looks very much like the true origin
of the umlaut differenciation with vocalic 'e' in German: it's about its
position.
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