Please tell me

Lauthra says on Jan 19, 2005, 13:02:

extraña I think its what you mean, it means strange in femenine.
Nato ;)

Nato (='.'=)

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jan 19, 2005, 13:05:

extraño te extraño=me haces falta= I miss you...might be another meaning for the word
Cheers,
Desi

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Jan 19, 2005, 13:08:

Te extraño mucho? She misses you

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KirkWest53 says on Jan 19, 2005, 13:12:

I had the same dilema When my wife and I first started seeing each other, WE would correspond daily via e-mail. I didn't speak Spanish so I was relying on my translator software. I wondered for the longest time why she kept telling me I"m stange. Everything else told me she loved me, but several times a dapy, Te extrano. Finally I got into a internet chat room and asked someone. Then I was quite relieved to learn she missed me a great deal. hahahah

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jan 19, 2005, 13:22:

and then again, maybe not...me extraña = I think it is strange;)
Cheers,
Desi

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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Neonovo says on Jan 19, 2005, 13:26:

ñ, á é í ó ú For your info, if you happen to be a stickler for spelling...
ALT +
164 = ñ
160 = á
130 = é
161 = í
162 = ó
163 = ú

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Beagle41 says on Jan 19, 2005, 13:29:

thanks my friends ok EStrana=Strange ok ok it all make sense...si si si oui ouii

I love this site .

Mario

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Beagle41 says on Jan 19, 2005, 13:30:

hey thanks yes it works thank you

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ACBlessing says on Jan 19, 2005, 13:54:

Reference I put those ASCII codes "ñ" and so on here: (scroll down a little)

http://www.acblessing.com/Colombia_experience.htm#Q&A

Alex Blessing, Spokane, WA USA
alex at acblessing.com
www.acblessing.com

Just plain poor

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Lionheart says on Jan 19, 2005, 14:07:

entering extended characters If you are using a US keyboard it is easy to add extended keyboard support. This is for XP, Win9x and others are slightly different:

Go to Control Panel and choose Language, Regional Options (2 steps).

A window pops up with options, select middle Language tab.

Select the Detail button under Text Services and Input languages.

Under Settings tab, go to Installed Services and select Add ...

A new window opens, Add Input languages

Use Input language English (United States), add under Keyboard Layout/IME the variant United States International

I prefer to use it as default keyboard, so I select it as such above.

With this keyboard selected you construct the international extended characters:

~ + n = ñ
" + o = ö
' + o = ó
Right-Alt + s = ß

If you PM me with your email address I can send screen shots of how to set this up and alsi include a table of possible key combinations. Tell me also your Windows version then.

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Katjie says on Jan 19, 2005, 17:35:

Neonovo, q' barrrrbaro. Gracias, biscocho, but how do you do it? I'm trying to add an apostrophe here or there or the wavy line on top of the n and it doesn't work. Not that I know the proper grammar & style in Spanish but, gotta practice/learn. You know that writing "year" in Spanish can put you in a tight spot. Chao!
Katjie

Katjie

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utopiacowboy says on Jan 19, 2005, 19:53:

It can put you in a tight spot, Katjie? What an opening for Elmo! A certain tight spot is his favorite spot.

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Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

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pablo says on Jan 20, 2005, 14:57:

I dunno one lady was mighty impressed when I wrote to her how many years I was and forgetting the tilde. We both had a good laugh.

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RecochanBoy says on Jan 20, 2005, 20:16:

Thanks Lionheart Just wanted to say thank you for your extended chars post. I made the change and it works great in my US K/B. I used to do the Alt-xxx thing all the time and now I can save myself a few keystrokes every time I need an accented char. I usually type 1/2 the time in English and 1/2 the time in Spanish so it comes in really handy.

Thx again buddy -- R.B.

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Lionheart says on Jan 20, 2005, 20:31:

you're welcome R.B. I need it to additionally type in German and add in words from other European languages.

another tip: if you can't find or create a specific character, go to

Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Character Map

There you will find the Alt-xxxx key number for any given character of your character set. It also allows you to copy and paste.

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