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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: quadibloc on Wed, 30 June 2010, 02:34:14

Title: New Yorker Short Story
Post by: quadibloc on Wed, 30 June 2010, 02:34:14

In the Typophile forums, this link was given in a post by someone:

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/07/05/100705sh_shouts_ephron

but given the content of the story, "The Girl Who Fixed the Umlaut", I thought it might be even more appropriate here.

Title: New Yorker Short Story
Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 30 June 2010, 09:45:09

Plague needs to check his eye sight. The store at the intersection of Kungsgatan and Sveavägen is an Adidas Store, not an Apple Store ... :-þ

Title: New Yorker Short Story
Post by: ricercar on Wed, 30 June 2010, 13:57:10

Kalle F****** hilarious. Nora is a goddess.

Title: New Yorker Short Story
Post by: jdp on Thu, 01 July 2010, 08:52:12

Kalle needs an Alt key to type an umlaut?  He's in Sweden using a US keyboard?

Title: New Yorker Short Story
Post by: Findecanor on Thu, 01 July 2010, 11:30:42

And the OS configured to using a US layout apparently ...  The Alt key is not necessary for typing umlauts with a Swedish layout. The ] key has the function of a "dead key" that puts an umlaut on the next letter that is pressed. The Alt Gr key is mostly used for @, unless you are a programmer and need the {*} letters ...