Tag: orthography
German Spelling Council regroups – Culture
Orthography, mon amour. During discussions on the topic of gender asterisks, Josef Lange, the chairman of the Council for German Spelling, is said to have been “quite hot,” recalls an…
Shitty evening: Embarrassing spelling mistakes in journalism – Bavaria
“If it’s fagged, then smart!” This wisdom from the Bavarian hinterland wants to tell us: If something goes wrong, then it goes right. Who would know this better than 85-year-old…
Language: Advice: Internal gender symbols are not part of the orthography
Gender is discussed in schools, in the workplace and in politics. What is fair spelling? It remains difficult. It remains complicated. There has been a social debate in Germany for…
Spelling Advice: Gender sign not a core part of the orthography
As of: 07/14/2023 6:15 p.m Gender asterisk and underscore will not be regular language characters in German in the future either. However, the spelling council proposes an addition to the…
No decision on gendering by the Council for German Orthography – Culture
Someone would have to bang the table properly, one might have thought. Josef Lange, the chairman of the Council for German Spelling, reported that the government had signaled that his…
Gendern: Spelling Council does not include internal characters in the “core of orthography”
gender-sensitive writing Spelling Advice: Gender star should still not be part of the official set of rules – but a little bit The gendered spelling of teachers remains a matter…
Star, colon or not at all? Spelling council wants to give gender recommendation – Panorama
Colon, underscore and asterisk in the word: Controversial debates about gender are constantly being held. The Council for German Spelling is advising on gender-sensitive writing this Friday in Eupen, Belgium…
Council for German spelling advises on gender – Panorama
Colon, underscore and asterisk in the word: Controversial debates about gender are constantly being held. The Council for German Spelling is advising on gender-sensitive writing this Friday in Eupen, Belgium…
Left handed: "It’s assault in the brain"
Carsten Schroeter was a retrained left-hander until, at the age of sixty, he took a bold step and learned to write again. He says: That changed his life. source site
LSD breakdown: Missing commas and transposed letters in laws – politics
From Boris Herrmann and Angelika Slavik, Berlin A comma has gained some notoriety these days. Because it’s missing. It is missing in the New Psychoactive Substances Act (NpSG): This regulates,…