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If you're going to put the umlaut on the ö, you might as well put the acute accent on the é: Poincaré. Otherwise the e would be silent.
by alricb 12y ago
If you're going to put the umlaut on the ö, you might as well put the acute accent on the é: Poincaré. Otherwise the e would be silent.
- mh-cx 12y ago... or if you can't type ö on your keyboard, at least write “oe“ as in Goedel. Just a little hint from a German native here. (Same goes for ae and ue instead of ä and ü).
- _delirium 12y agoInterestingly that's getting less common in Scandinavia. It's the "proper" transliteration, but many people with names like Søren prefer to anglicize them as Soren rather than Soeren, if anglicization is needed. Not universally, but it's my impression of the trend.