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Re: TERMS: going dotty, twice over (was: TERMS: Umlaut-Ablaut)

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Monday, November 15, 1999, 20:54
ray.brown@freeuk.com writes:
>That is most definitely _diaeresis_, not umlaut, to show that the 'u' is >actually pronounced & not silent as one would normally expect between 'g=
'
>and 'e'. > >I thought it was called 'di=E9resis' in Spanish.
Not sure, as "biling=FCe" is the only Spanish word I have learned so far = to use diaresis. I just know that's how you spell it. The reason I thought i= t was called "umlaut" was my friend Ann told me that's what the diaresis wa= s called when I asked her "What are those two dots were for over the u in biling=FCe". _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- 'The beginning calls for courage; the end demands care'