[rescue] This is Spinal Tap (was Re: Mainframe on eBay)

Sheldon T. Hall shel at tandem.artell.net
Fri Sep 30 15:26:18 CDT 2005


Quoth Brian Dunbar ...
> On Sep 30, 2005, at 11:55 AM, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> > Michael Parson writes ...
> >
> >> ... About the biggest
> >> problem with MP3 filenames I have is Motley Crue or Queensryche.
> >> I can't get the dots over the letters that would properly have
> >> them.
> >
> > Heh.  Getting the right character set to render the umlaut
> > over the _N_ in Spinal Tap is tough, too.
> >
> > -Shel
>
> I've learned something today. I never knew that 'Spinal Tap' had an
> umlaut over the _N_.
>
> Thank you, Shel.

You're welcome.

Spinal Tap also lacks a dot over the "I" ... almost makes up for the umlaut.

For the full rundown on this, google "heavy metal umlaut" and get lucky.

-Shel



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