Hi Steve,
That's a great site! I'll keep that bookmarked. Thanks, Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Comstock" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:43:42 AM Subject: Re: Terminology On 11/22/2011 10:30 AM, Linda Mooney wrote: > Greetings! > > > > <snip----------- > > The mark over the 'a' in 'ä' is, for example, called a diaresis in English > and an umlaut in German. > </snip----------- > > > > Even in my English class it was called an umlaut, but that is the only one of > the marks (is that the proper term?) that I recognize. I have been following > this thread and I can see that there are many more marks than I have ever > been aware of. Somebody's (maybe everybody's) email editor is probably > playing tricks as the same marks, including those forwarded, are not shown > consistently in my inbox. > > > > Can anyone offer a link with these marks that includes something about them, > and hopefully audible enunciation? I did check Google, and found listings > for en.wiktionary.org and www.tfode.com , but are there better references? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Linda > David Bond of Tachyon Software has some great pages on this. For what you're asking about, check out: http://www.tachyonsoft.com/uc0000.htm#U00C4 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "John Gilmore"<[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:02:05 AM > Subject: Re: Terminology > > The ‘inverted circumflex’, as in ‘ă’, is in fact more like a lower > semicircle than an inversion of the circumflex in ‘â’. It occur alone > and in combination with other marks, as in ‘ặ ’, ‘ắ’, and ‘ẵ’. > > Linguists writing in English, in which it does not occur, sometimes > call it a cup. In the languages in which it is actually used it has > other names, different in each language. This is to be expected. The > mark over the 'a' in 'ä' is, for example, called a diaresis in English > and an umlaut in German. > > John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-355-2752 http://www.trainersfriend.com * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! + Training your people is an excellent investment * Try our tool for calculating your Return On Investment for training dollars at http://www.trainersfriend.com/ROI/roi.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
