Una curiosidad

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Logically, foreign words should be adapted to the English spelling.

Ah, but logic does not always apply. There is (or was) a snob value in using foreign words in speech and writing to highlight your own literacy. oi polloi don't do that.

[conejodescarado]

Á = alt + 0193 á = alt + 0225
É = alt + 0201 é = alt + 0233
Í = alt + 0205 í = alt + 0237
Ó = alt + 0211 ó = alt + 0243
Ú = alt + 0218 ú = alt + 0250
Ü = alt +0220 ü = alt + 0252
Ñ = alt + 0209 ñ = alt + 0241
¿ = alt + 0191 ¡ = alt + 0161

Being on a mac, I have to laugh when I see stuff like this... how on earth is any normal person supposed to remember unicode values, let alone make five keystrokes to type a single character?

For those on a Mac:

alt + e, then TYPE the letter = á, é, í, ó, ú (and even ý for Nordic languages)
alt + n, then type the letter = ñ (other letters also supported)
alt + ? = ¿
alt + 1 (!) = ¡

alt + u then TYPE the letter = ü / ö
alt + ` (backtick) then type the letter = à, è, ì, ò, ù (and ỳ)

And for anyone interested:

alt + (shift) + d = ð / (Ð) (Nordic eth)
alt + (shift) + t = þ / (Þ) (Nordic thorn)
alt + (shift) + ' (single quote) = æ / (Æ) (Nordic ae)
alt + (shift) + \ (backslash) = « / ( » ) .... for quotes
alt + 6 (^) then type the letter = â, ê, î, ô, û
alt + a then type the letter = ā, ē, ī, ō, ū
alt + shift + , (comma) = „ (Nordic/German open quote)
alt + shift + [ = ” (Nordic/German close quote)