Re: [OT] Göthe (was: Re: RE: Character identities)

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At 08:32 31.10.2002 -0800, Doug Ewell wrote:
>Adam Twardoch <list dot adam at twardoch dot com> wrote:
>
> >> Should an English language font render ö as oe, so that Göthe
> >> appears automatically in the more normal English form Goethe?
> >
> > If you refer to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, his name is *not* spelled
> > with an "ö" anyway.
>
>Somebody thinks so:
>
>http://www.transkription.de/gb_seiten/beispiele/goethe.htm

Both forms are permissible and used, even though Goethe is today by far the
more frequent version -- remember that there was no standardized German
orthography before the late 19th century and that the idea that a person's
name has exactly one spelling is a fairly young idea in Europe.

Taking such facts into account for matching purposes is a good idea, but
changing the version for rendering is not.

Best regards,

Marc

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