Tex Texin skreiv: > I gave a course in internationalization last week, and one of the slides > I used indicated that in Norwegian u-umlaut sorts with Y between X and > Z. Some Norwegians attending disputed this. I see this is referenced > elsewhere as well and is claimed to be true for the other Scandanavian > languages also. > > I scanned a couple dictionaries and couldn't find a use of u-umlaut. > > a) Is it true or not that u-umlaut would sort with y, in Scandanavian > languages?
In Norwegian (both nynorsk and bokmål) the answer is yes. > > b) Can someone offers some example words that demonstrate words with > u-umlaut sorting appropriately? Consider the following scanned exerpt from the Trondheim telephone directory, containing the name _Müller_: http://www.hist.no/~herman/mu.png > > c) I am guessing that u-umlaut only appears in borrowed foreign words. > Regardless, can anyone offer an explanation why u-umlaut would sort with > y, instead of u? (OK, I know that international things don't have to > make logical sense, but I thought I would ask anyway.) Norwegian names with the letter _ü_ are in most cases ethnically German names. The pronunciation of the Norwegian vowel _y_ approximates, better than other vowels, the pronunciation of the German vowel _ü_. > > thanks / tack så > Helsingar, -- Herman Ranes Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag Avdeling for teknologi Telefon +47 73559606 Institutt for elektroteknikk Telefaks +47 73559581 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> N-7004 TRONDHEIM http://www.hist.no/~herman/ NOREG
