Re: OT: Gruess (was Comma gets a cure -- in German?)

J. 'Mach' Wust skrev:
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:39:19 +0200, Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:
>
>> BTW, do you happen to know if it is Standard German which
>> has monophthongized _üe_ or Allemannic which has
>> diphthongized _üü_ in this particular word?  IIANM both
>> things have occurred.
>
> This is an instance of modern High German monophthongization. This is
> essentially an innovation of (geographically) Middle German varieties,
> though it goes back to the Middle Ages.
I know about modern High German monophthongization, but
aren't there instances of Allemannic diphthongization too.

BTW too bad _uo_ didn't stick as a spelling for /u:/ the
same way _ie_ did for /i:/ -- probably because _uo_ was
written as an _u_ with a ring above rather than as two
letters in linear sequence. Also _o_ with a small _v_
above occurred!


/BP 8^)>
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