Eine gute neues jahr (50 years since I lived there so there may be a superfluous s)
Pat, if you can get an 'alt' key on iPad, Alt 164 gives ñ & alt 165 gives Ñ. Otherwise; option + n, n = ñ option + n, shift + n = Ñ
Title: Re: 2017
Post by: anona on January 02, 2017, 10:24:57 AM
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!
Title: Re: 2017
Post by: mkenuk on January 02, 2017, 11:04:00 AM
And the same to you, Anona.
As long as you don't expect me, or any other English, to pronounce it!
MK
(ps) Would I be right in thinking that the first word is pronounced something like 'blithin'? That would make it close to the English 'blithe' (=happy). Just a guess.
Title: Re: 2017
Post by: yelnats on January 02, 2017, 12:40:00 PM
Pat, apologies. The easy way to do it on an iPad is to hold down the letter key that you want accented (e.g. hold n), and the options appear. Drag your finger to the one you want.
Title: Re: 2017
Post by: anona on January 02, 2017, 06:38:46 PM
MK: I was brought up with something more (but not exactly) like "bloo-ith-in" with the "oo" and the "i" joined very quickly, but I can't be sure that some people wouldn't say something closer to "bloythin". A soft th sound as in 'breathe', of course. Sometimes, even 15 miles can make a difference to how people pronounce this particular vowel combination. And there's the Wenglish influence.
Once you know about the "dd", as you do, it all suddenly becomes easier, doesn't it!
Title: Re: 2017
Post by: pat on January 02, 2017, 07:37:00 PM
Pat, apologies. The easy way to do it on an iPad is to hold down the letter key that you want accented (e.g. hold n), and the options appear. Drag your finger to the one you want.
ññññññññ!!!!!!
Thanks, Yelnats. You learn something every day!
Title: Re: 2017
Post by: yelnats on January 02, 2017, 08:55:00 PM
Pat,
¡If it's Spanish there should be an upside-down exclamation mark at the start of the sentence/phrase!
Alt 173
and on iPad, hold the exclamation mark on the numbers keypad, not the letters keypad.
Title: Re: 2017
Post by: pat on January 02, 2017, 10:14:31 PM
Yes, I know that Spanish requires exclamation and question marks at both the beginning of phrases. I think it's a good idea. I know how to make the special characters on a 'proper' computer - it was just on the iPad that I didn't know how to do it. But thanks for the extra info.
Title: Re: 2017
Post by: Hobbit on January 03, 2017, 06:31:59 AM
Happy New Year to all :) Bonne Annee! Best I can do sorry! Been without the laptop for 2 days & have missed my daily Chi fix!
Title: Re: 2017
Post by: birdy on January 03, 2017, 07:38:54 AM
Happy New year to all! May each New Year be better than the last.