convert Unicode to lower/uppercase?

[Asun Friere]

Gerhard Häring <gh at ghaering.de> wrote in message news:<mailman.1064213550.26639.python-list at python.org>...

> PS: I was quite disappointed with the reform of German ortography. I'd 
> have favoured much more radical steps, like elimination of 
> capitalization of the noun.

As an English speaker, who occasionally finds himself trying to
decipher German text, let me tell you that little flags like that 
--"pick me!  I'm a noun!" --are actually quite useful.