# nb-NO.yml: å turns into � **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails I18n\ **Created:** [June 8, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nb-no-yml-a-turns-into-i/189821 "2010-06-08T12:14:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nb-no-yml-a-turns-into-i/189821/1 "2010-06-08T12:14:10Z")
Hello, is there any way I can use letters like æ, ø and Ã¥ in my yml without changing them to æ ø and å in order to avoid them showing up as � and so on? Maybe there are some helpers out there or something? Much obliged, Tony ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nb-no-yml-a-turns-into-i/189821/2 "2010-06-08T12:29:23Z")
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:13, Tony M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello, > > is there any way I can use letters like æ, ø and Ã¥ in my yml without > changing them to æ ø and å in order to avoid them showing > up as � and so on? Maybe there are some helpers out there or something? This is a matter of the browser encoding. If you use UTF-8 in your yml files, put in your . ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nb-no-yml-a-turns-into-i/189821/3 "2010-06-08T13:40:15Z")
Thanks a lot man. I think I might as well go for å though to avoid conflicts, especially in cases where I’m not able to set my own . Have a great day!