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
, 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
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
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 05:16:42PM +0100, Georg Moritz wrote:
From the keyboard of sebb [14.01.08,12:21]:
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
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
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.
Actually the term umlaut in german denotes a shifted vowel. If you
From the keyboard of Yanick Champoux [12.01.08,18:50]:
Chris Dolan wrote:
On a major tangent, have others noticed the resurgence of the umlaut in
printed English? I keep seeing things like coöperation or coördinates --
particularly in Technology Review, but in other publications
