Talk:Dr. Martens/Archives/2013

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Spelling

The official page spells the name as Maertens, but I suspect the actual spelling is Märtens, as the German umlaut ä is often transcribed as ae. Can anyone confirm?

Note: while British English does not use a full stop after abbreviated titles such as "Dr", the label on the pair on the photograph and the company website do; hence the use of "Dr." here.

Ä and AE are absolutely the same! The difference is only in writing. wihni (Berlin)

British English (up till the late 1980s) used to punctuate abbreviations with a full stop (period), but does no longer. The label is using the "classic" look.

Nuttyskin 00:47, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

British English can indeed punctuate abbreviated titles such as "Dr." with a full stop. Some people do, some people don't, both are acceptable. --81.132.227.254 (talk) 11:14, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Laces

How are you supposed to lace these up? The laces are very long and leave large dangling bows. Are you supposed to wrap the laces around your ankle before tying them? Danceswithzerglings (talk) 18:12, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Trust me, it's harder with the 20 eye ones, but at least my pants [and coat, really] cover it up... I guess you could just slide them under the tongue of it and hope it doesn't come out? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.81.136.71 (talk) 23:40, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

I think you're supposed to tuck the extra length of lace inside. Danceswithzerglings (talk) 19:45, 17 December 2009 (UTC)