[clue-talk] NX presentation

[Nate Duehr]

On Jan 10, 2009, at 8:53 AM, David Rudder wrote:

> -David Rutter
> aka David Ruder
> aka David Radner


You should see how people mangle MY last name... (GRIN)... it  
originally should have no "e" and an Umlaut over the U.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umlaut_(diacritic) - Wow, that's more  
info about Umlauts than I ever wanted to know...

A friend with a Germanic last name legally changed his with a similar  
umlaut removal (over an O) back legally a few years ago, and reports  
that MOST companies now properly support the umlaut and his bills come  
with his proper legal name printed on them.

He said one of the hardest to get right was the title on his house.   
Some title companies don't seem to have discovered Unicode yet.  Most  
companies screw it up at least three times before they get it right,  
if you're not signing up online and putting the correct character in  
yourself, he also informs me.

Of course, if you change it you should probably pronounce the name  
correctly, too... and that'd throw people for a whole new loop.  Same  
with my friend, but his name is a little easier to pronounce with the  
umlaut than mine.

I think I'll leave well enough alone... :-)

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Nate Duehr
nate at natetech.com