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I chuckled when you mentioned Lindström. I grew up about 20 miles from there in Minnesota, and it was one of my earliest exposures to Swedish orthography. And I support u with ü!

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What an endearing bureaucratic headache! Who knew so much hinged on two little dots.

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All hail the umlaut! Fortunately for you, I'm pretty sure the Swiss (and Austrians?) gave up the "β" for the more keyboard-friendly "ss" some time ago.

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