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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Fwd: the mascot
From:       Hans Petter Bieker <zerium () traad ! lavvu ! no>
Date:       1999-04-30 20:41:58
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On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Steffen Hansen wrote:

> Note for the interested: In danish a double "a" (aa) is an old version of
> "å" (html entity &aring;) and is pronounced like the a in english words
> like "hall".

Å (or aa) is pronounced like "o" in German, "o" or "aw" in English, "o",
"au", or "eau" in French (at least the Norwegian "å"). (ref. "Aschehoug og
Gyldendals store norske leksikon")

> AFAIK we stole the "å" from Sweden.

Maybe, however the "å" was first used in Norway.

-bieker-

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