UseGermanSpellingReform?

[George Lee]

What is this and how does it effect my spellchecker?

The usual sources (namely Google), lists only Microsoft's lame explanation.

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi George,

it is a wierd attempt at simplifying the spelling
of the german language. Responsible for it are
some politicians and other people, who consider themselves
to be in charge of the german language.

What is this and how does it effect my spellchecker?

If you got a spellchecker for german more recent than 1997 (?),
then you should have the so called "Neue Rechtschreibung".

If "delphin" is marked wrong, then it is the old spelling.
Should be "delfin" now.

Same as if "dolphin" should be "dolfin".

Altogether ridiculous.

--
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA

Win XP, Office 2003
"red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"

 

[Klaus Linke]

Language has always changed. Linguists tried to get rid of some antiquated
spellings and rules as well as some inconsistencies in the old rules.

Some people don't like change and would like to freeze things forever at the
status quo. And once populist politicians got involved, the discussion
degraded real fast.
The whole overblown discussion over some pretty minor changes was a good
example for how even the most sensible reforms are doomed to failure in
Germany right now.

As you can see, it's a controversial subject ;-)

If "delphin" is marked wrong, then it is the old spelling.

No, if "Delfin" is marked wrong.
The spelling reform in many, if not most, cases now "allows" both the old
and the new spelling... which means the Word spell checker won't do much
good if you want consistent spelling.

Regards,
Klaus

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi Klaus,

Some people don't like change and would like to freeze things
forever at the status quo.

If it had been a real fundamental change
with abandoning Umlauts and Latin Small Letter Sharp S "ß",
I'd been with the reformers.

No, if "Delfin" is marked wrong.

So right you are.

--
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA

Win XP, Office 2003
"red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"