Marius Spix wrote in <trinity-da2b9d1c-6744-486c-a4ff-ba3b1b67968d-1733175249123@trinity-msg-\ rest-webde-webde-live-6c4bcd87d6-jbdz7>: |There are other examples, for example the street names Oelmühlenstraße \ |in Bielefeld and An der Oelmühle in Straelen. (In some town names like \ |Straelen or Baesweiler, the ae is |correct. This is a strech e, similar in English bid/bead.)
We got a logical and interesting response for why this hand-painted plaque looked like it did. (There are also umlauts where for example the dots of the U are "inside it", or mostly look only like a line inside it. But i only know that for U.) --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt) | |And in Fall, feel "The Dropbear Bard"s ball(s). | |The banded bear |without a care, |Banged on himself for e'er and e'er | |Farewell, dear collar bear
