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Old August 4th, 2008 #26
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Originally Posted by EireannGoddess View Post
Tchk, tchk now Aistulf - no need to go quite that far! Most Americans, and I include Canadians in that category, spell the word über as "uber". I don't believe there should be a penalty for that! It's a common usage matter, as distressing as this might be to you as a specialist in linguistics of several languages.
Linder's occasional concern about spelling (by others) should also apply to himself, don't you think so?

Toeben for example is just a name without particular connotations.
Toben however means running berserk in German and it'll better be corrected.