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From: Jan <>
Subject: Re: Fuss, Foose, Fuchs ????? Help
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 11:32:17 GMT


"Karl Sigerist, Sr." <> wrote:

>Hi Paula I think then name could very wel be "Fusz. ...

Yes, Foose sounds like "Fuss" (with "SZ") or "Fuss". I think the most
common spelling in German is "Fuss" (with "SZ").

> ... I am unable to
>reproduce that German letter (I learned at school called (3er-sz) looking
>for some mercifull German who is able to produce that !! letter. ...

The "SZ" is character 225 of the IBM character set. To type it without
a German keyboard/keyboard driver hold down the ALT key while pressing
the keys 2, 2 and 5 on the numeric keypad (Num-Lock on). When you
release the ALT key a "SZ" appears.

This is also a way to type the umlauts:

umlaut character
a 132
A 142
o 148
O 153
u 129
U 154

A DOS/Windows/OS/2 system configured for the US/Canada should be able
to type, show and print these letters for local purposes. To use these
letters in emails and news is a bit problematic since the receiver has
to use the same browser settings like the sender.

Cheers
Jan

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