Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes indeed Regards JM or JMT or J.-M. T. or Jean-Michel, ;-) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christer Almqvist" <chris@almqvist.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Voigtländer question > Perhaps the family should have focused more on running the business > than on how people spell their name? > > Regards > > Chris Almqvist or > Chris Almquist or > Chris Almqkvist or........ > > > >At 02:20 PM 7/29/03 +0200, Jean-Michel Tomaschett wrote: > >>In Germany nobody would write anything like Voigtlander or Voigtlaender. > >>The correct spelling has always been Voigtländer, period > >> > >>Jean-Michel > > > >Thanks for your precision, Jean-Michel. However, in 1956, on the occasion > >of the 200th anniversary of the company, the FAMILY issued a press release > >printed in almost all camera magazines of the era which asked two things: > > > >a) Don't kill yourself over the umlaut, and, > >b) There is no "h" in the name. > > > >The family suggested the following order: > > > >a) Voigtlander for those whose fount selections does not include an "ä" > >b) Voigtländer where an "ä" is available. > >c) Voigtlaender is a third option, of which the family disapproved. > > > >Marc > > -- > Christer Almqvist > D 20255 Hamburg and / or > F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer > > please look at my NEW b+w pictures at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/dozen/ > > old pictures still at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html