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Encoding of Swedish letters åäö/ÅÄÖ

Letters å and Å are encoded as &aring and &Aring respectively. I can easily remember this by thinking: "Letter a/A with a 'ring' on top of it", which obviously is the intention of using &aring/&Aring, or? :-) How about ä/ö (&auml/&ouml) and Ä/Ö (&Auml/&Ouml)? Is there a logical reason why 'uml' is used? Thanks!

12th Mar 2018, 12:05 PM
Adam Aksu
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uml stands for "umlaut" which is the name for the two dots mark on top of a vowel. Used in German also.
12th Mar 2018, 3:12 PM
ifl
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