Re: ORMs comparisons/complaints.
On 1/4/2014 8:12 AM, Joerg Meier wrote:
On Fri, 03 Jan 2014 18:34:17 -0400, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
The more usual Swedish variant would be Arvid (Sandstr?m).
I did not actually know that about my first name, thank you. My surname
does actually have the umlaut: my parents, myself and my sisters rarely
spell it that way, so we don't have to carefully pronounce it to
Anglo-Saxons or French.
Also having an Umlaut in my Name (J?rg), I learned that the apropriate way
to spell ? ? ? is ae, oe, ue, when you don't want or can't use the Umlaut,
although I can see how "Sandstroem" wouldn't lend itself to easy
pronunciation :)
It is the official way in many contexts.
http://denmark.usembassy.gov/non-immigrant_visas/ds-160-online-application-instructions.html
<quote>
If your name, address or other information needed to complete the visa
application form is spelled with the Danish letters ?, ? or ?, you
should write ae, oe or aa.
</quote>
http://finland.usembassy.gov/faq_ds-160.html
<quote>
Finnish/Swedish characters ?, ?, and ? should be typed as ae, oe and aa
respectively.
</quote>
Arne