by veeshanMurtak » Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:43 am
Which post would that be?
As for me getting upset, I am simply trying to enlighten you to the fact that it is not in fact acceptable to substitute other letters for umlauts or ß in any kind of formal communication, no more than it is acceptable to use @ instead of at when writing a formal letter. I certainly would not dream of using ue instead of ü when, say, applying for a job. And neither would any of my relatives, friends or former teachers. From the couple of letters I briefly read earlier, neither would my bank, the local administration, my government or my employers (some of which are not based in Germany).
I am sure that some people do indeed use these substitutions. That does not mean you should too. The Duden (to which I posted a link to twice now) does not list any alternative spellings for these letters. And since it (the Duden) is the standard used by the german government I am afraid that it is indeed not proper to use ue instead of ü.