I had to convince people to let me on board a plane because my name contain a swedish letter (å). Their computer system translated it into “aa”, which then didn’t match my passport.
That one I can actually see, having an extra letter doesn’t match. Dropped punctuation or symbols (whatever the flair is called) though personally I would understand.
It’s not just an a with decoration. It actually has different pronunciation and is typically replaced with aa if no å is available. (I’m neither Swedish nor Norwegian, so not 100% sure, but it’s what happened to Erling Haaland).
Similarly, you would replace a German ä with ae.
So if my name was Bäcker, it would be wrong to spell it Backer on a ticket. Baecker would be the way.
So they care about an apostrophe though? I can see any punctuation being a problem.
I had to convince people to let me on board a plane because my name contain a swedish letter (å). Their computer system translated it into “aa”, which then didn’t match my passport.
Your name is transliterated in your passport? That’s on the Swedish authorities then.
That one I can actually see, having an extra letter doesn’t match. Dropped punctuation or symbols (whatever the flair is called) though personally I would understand.
That’s the wrong way of looking at an å.
It’s not just an a with decoration. It actually has different pronunciation and is typically replaced with aa if no å is available. (I’m neither Swedish nor Norwegian, so not 100% sure, but it’s what happened to Erling Haaland).
Similarly, you would replace a German ä with ae. So if my name was Bäcker, it would be wrong to spell it Backer on a ticket. Baecker would be the way.