Posted by Els on 10/06/71 11:42

Jose wrote:

>> How do you pronounce your name? (I know only 4 different ways, but
>> admittedly one of them is spelled Joze)
>
> It is correctly pronounced in Spanish as "Hoh seh" with the accent on
> the last syllable. When speaking English I prounounce it as "Ho zay",
> also with the accent on the last syllable.

Okay, that's 5 different ways then ;-)

> It is correctly spelled (and I usually do so) with the accent on the e,
> thus: José (if you have the right fonts installed) but for computer use
> I usually don't use the accent, because it's a pain and doesn't
> translate across all platforms - other people see something like Jos%
> which is even further from the truth.

I use alt-130 in mail and Usenet (but I know some people haven't got
their clients set up to understand it), but in webpages é
always works for me.

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