Yeah, the umlaut* is absolutely essential over "reëmphasized" vowels (and when you want to be fun and archaic in Dutch: mijn -> mÿn...). Words like coöp, coördinator, and the like always come out a bit strange unless there's an umlaut or a hyphen-- and I'm of a mind to absolutely minimize use of hyphens in English.
* Actually it's "dieresis" in this context (i.e. separating vowels which'd otherwise be part of a diphthong). "Umlaut" is the fun sound change that happens with German vowels using the same symbol. How geeky must I be to know this crap?
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Re: Grt, bcz i rle nd wn.
Date: 2005-11-13 05:40 am (UTC)From:* Actually it's "dieresis" in this context (i.e. separating vowels which'd otherwise be part of a diphthong). "Umlaut" is the fun sound change that happens with German vowels using the same symbol. How geeky must I be to know this crap?
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