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just out of curiosity, can you port the ue back to Germany (or wherever) or will they automatically transform it to ü? (could you change your name in a German s
by fsckboy 3y ago
just out of curiosity, can you port the ue back to Germany (or wherever) or will they automatically transform it to ü? (could you change your name in a German speaking country to Mueller et al?)
- wongarsu 3y agoIn Germany, there are some names that use ue, ae or oe instead of ü, ä, ö, and you run into issues with some systems wrongly autocorrecting it to the umlaut. Usually not a big deal, but having the umlaut is less error prone than the transliteration in Germany.
- Scharkenberg 3y agoThe most famous German poet is (probs) Goethe. Still written with oe to this day.
- sib 3y agoThere are old houses in the US that have bronze placards on them that say, "George Washington slept here." Goethe is so famous that in Heidelberg, Germany, there is a building with a placard that says, "Goethe almost slept here." It was an inn and he was supposed to spend the night but was unable to.