Re: Umlaut
[email protected] (Keith Ivey) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:16:23 -0500
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sebb wrote: > The rule seems to be: second vowel of a pair=dieresis, otherwise umlaut. I'd call the symbol in "Brontë" a dieresis, not an umlaut. Maybe: when the symbol indicates the vowel is to be pronounced further forward in the mouth, it's an umlaut; when it indicates the vowel is to be pronounced on its own in a normal way, it's a dieresis. -- Keith C. Ivey <[email protected]> Washington, DC