Zey are sscrewed!
Actually, when I used German keyboards over there they worked okay, except that the y and z for some reason were transposed, making for lots of corrections.
Posted on 08/13/2004 9:59:14 PM PDT by Stoat
What did Germans do when using computers that cannot produce the esszet character?
Do they have a better language skills than Martin Luther? If not, shouldn't they leave well enough alone?
Probably use the ALT key plus the ASCII number for the character.
Ich bin ein misspeller.
They're getting more like the French every day. But the Germans should be more worried about the encroaching Turkish language.
"Ich bin ein mißpeller"
Forget spelling, can they do something about all those dang rules for adjective ending, and making plurals? I mean, there are what, 52 possible different adjective endings? That's nuts!
Fyi, they already changed their alphabet and cut down what was once dozens of comma rules to something like 4. Just about everyone in Germany speaks English. Maybe someday they will wise-up and drop German altogether.
But keep the esszet (Scharfe's 'S'?). It is cool.
It's not part of the original standard ASCII set; while most computers nowadays have it, that wasn't always the case. Even today, not all computer equipment can produce it.
Zey are sscrewed!
Actually, when I used German keyboards over there they worked okay, except that the y and z for some reason were transposed, making for lots of corrections.
In other words, ebonics for the Germans. I'll bet they're sorry they lost the war now.
At the time, about a year after the Wall fell, Germans were fit to tied. A few years later, they stopped squawking.I can't figure out what happened or why.
The problem here is the simple German mentality....they cannot leave something well enough alone. Their constant tendency to keep going back and updating or improving something is legendary...but it also starts to show problems with society in general. These professors who met and decided upon the language change...are actually part of the German government, and paid for their employment. When they dictated that hundreds of rules must change...there was no challenge...like the Jews, they simply accepted the changes initially. But as months have gone by...its obvious that the bulk of German society don't want this improvement. The fascinating thing, is that the printed media is the group that is simply drawing the line...if they don't cooperate, then the changes simply won't work (unless government penelities take place)...and I'm guessing that this is what the media is gauging itself for. If the government wants this changes bad enough...they will have to fine the media for not going to the new rules.
QWERTZ?
Is the Z used more than Y in German? Wasn't QWERTY originally designed to slow down typists enough so as to allow
the mechanically levered typewriters to work without jamming?
Fortunately for us, English has very simple rules.
i before e except after c, though is pronounced thow with the th pronounced softly, unless you follow it with a t, then it becomes a hard th, and ough is pronounced "ah". But if you you insert an "r" after the th, then you pronounce the ough "ooo". bow is pronounced like bough unless it is pronounced like boe and in bow and arrow. X is pronounced as a "z" when it is the first letter of a word, sign is pronounced "syne" unless it is followed by "ature", then the "g" must be pronounced and the i is pronounced like the "i" in "sin". to is pronounced 2 just like "two" is and "too" is. Of is pronounced "ov" unless there are two "f"'s. Then it's pronounced "awf". Oven is pronounced "uvven" unless a "w" is placed in front, then the "o" is pronounced "oh". And that's just the beginning folks.........just the beginning.
DA
Pretty much every language has it's own keyboard to go with their fonts.
Does this mean that the next time they decide to take over the world, nobody will be able to understand them and just laugh and humilate them into surrendering?
"Gott in Hiemmel! How can ve be der Master Race if no von understands us, da?"
"Vat zat you zay, Fritz?"
"Vat you zay, Hermann?"
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