>From the keyboard of sebb [14.01.08,12:21]: > On 14/01/2008, John Douglas Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From the keyboard of Yanick Champoux [12.01.08,18:50]: > > > *dieresis* or *diæresis *A diacritical mark (* ¨ *) optionally > > used in > > > English, oftentimes replaced by a hyphen. In English, the dieresis > > is used on > > > a second identical vowel to indicate a change in pronunciation of > > that vowel > > > or indicate it is pronounced in a separate syllable. It is sometimes > > referred > > > to as an « umlaut » when used with a single character or in a « > > diphthong. » > > > Examples: reëlecting, reëncoding, coöperation, coördination. > > > > Also naïf and naïve - non-identical vowels. > > > I want to clarify (only because I myself was confused at first) > > that an umlaut can be used IN a diphthong, but does not have > > any function in MAKING a diphthong. For example, the > > German diphthong "au" becomes "äu" due to umlaut, (or "vowel > > shifting").
Correct (unless I'm mistaken too ;-) > In summary, umlaut and dieresis/diaeresis (also trema) are both > diacritical marks. > > Same symbol, but different meaning, where the meaning of the symbol > depends on the context. > > The rule seems to be: second vowel of a pair=dieresis, otherwise umlaut. > > Any counter-examples? yup, two examples: German: "geärgert" (been angry) - here the second vowel is an umlaut Quenya - the elven-tongue: "ámen anta síra ilaurëa massamma" (give us today the daily our-bread) - here the diaeresis is noted on the first vowel at ëa ;-) 0--gg- > > Unless I am mistaken. > > Same here... > > > -- > > John Douglas Porter > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > -- _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ / /\_¯/(q / ---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."· ");sub _{s,/,($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e,e && print}
