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This is the Conversation Forum for Joe Hill - Murderer or Martyr? << Burden of Proof Opening poem >> Subject: The spelling of Swedish names... Posted Feb 19, 2002 by Titania & Ripley, the unau adolescent   Posting 1 ...should be Hägglund and Hillström - and I suspect that Applequist was originally Äppelquist... That aside, I think this entry is very informative and objective, without making a hero of Joe Hill, but showing all the aspects of his life and death Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The spelling of Swedish names... Posted Feb 19, 2002 by U255 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Great! Thanks for this - I've now added loads of juicy umlauts to the entry. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The spelling of Swedish names... Posted Feb 19, 2002 by Titania & Ripley, the unau adolescent This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Neat! Thanks! *wondering how nitpicky to be* *unable to resist the temptation* ...besides it's not Umlauts - it's diacriticals! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The spelling of Swedish names... Posted Feb 19, 2002 by U255 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Ha! Fabulous! Diacriticals, eh? I never knew that. Many thanks. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The spelling of Swedish names... Posted Feb 20, 2002 by Ku'Reshtin (Bring the beat back!) This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 Titania, while we're on the subject of nitpicking and diacriticals and stuff, so you think it would be necessary to change the spelling of Gävle from the old spelling to the new spelling? Personally, I think it kinda looks good with Gefle, and it might very well have been the spelling at the time, but still.. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The spelling of Swedish names... Posted Feb 20, 2002 by Titania & Ripley, the unau adolescent This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 Hmmmm... I like the old spelling Gefle too, and I had several search results on that name - but I can only find the city's official site when searching for the new spelling Gävle... ...maybe one could add the current spelling of the city name in a foot note? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The spelling of Swedish names... Posted Feb 20, 2002 by Ku'Reshtin (Bring the beat back!) This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 You know what? Let's not bother. We both think it looks good, so why change it? It's still used in some instances, so I see no reason to change it. Footnote could be an idea, though. Naah.. Let's just leave it as it is. Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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