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Old 12-18-2012, 03:02 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Is the use of the umlaut rather than a following "e" always optional? I notice, for example, that the name of the author, "Goethe", is always spelt in that way - I've never seen his name spelt "Göthe".
Goethe was his name, so we can't really change the spelling for it. Yes, you always add an e behind a,o, u if you want to indicate an Umlaut.
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