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From: deb5@midway.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: A.D.
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In article <5fgj3i$8cf@airdmhor.gen.nz>,
Simon Hosie <gumboot@airdmhor.gen.nz> wrote:
>deb5:
>> Nothing, AFAIK.
>> Now, zur"uckgeblieben, OTOH, means, MOL, left (bleiben "to stay,
>> remain") behind (zur"uck "back"; cf. Rucksack).  Or, as we would say in
>> the States, "out of it".
>
>  Zurrkgeblieben?  Regarding the "u, I saw a similar thing in an info page
>(,C) and assumed that I was missing some kind of filter.   Am I missing the
>same here, or is it expected to be seen as two separate characters?

It was typed as two characters.  " before the vowel and e after it are
ASCII conventions for vowel + umlaut.

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