Umlaut bug in iTunes 5 (Entering song info)

There seems to be a bug handling Umlauts in iTunes 5.0:
You cannot enter one as a first or second letter when entering artist or composer info. E.g.: Ü is automatically converted to U. So to enter "Jürgen" you'd have to enter Juürgen, then delete the u. I haven't tested this exhaustively but I imagine this also applies to other non-standard characters. Any similar experiences?

Dear Michael,
what exactly are you trying to say? That all discussion should be in English? That German problems should not be discussed in English? My original post was in English since I wanted to know if people with other "funny characters", like the scandinavian ae might have the same problem. Sorry for not speaking Danish or Swedish. I do hope that Apple programmers scan these forums for user feedback so they might want to read the post, too. Are you offended now by the German insider discussion about Ü? FYI, now that we seem to have analyzed the problem I posted a message to OS-X feedback (in English). So, really. What is your problem?

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The article below looks like it may be helpful. It's for the previous version of iTunes, but it looks like the informaiton is still revelant for the issue that you have described above.
iTunes 10 for Mac: If song titles don’t appear correctly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH999
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