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Re: Umlauts (was Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad)

From:P. M. Arktayg <pmva@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 20:35
Jan van Steenbergen ta nugatu-r:

>>I was once talking about fonts with a Polish man, and >>I referred to the hook at the bottom of a and e (nasalization, >>I believe) with the term "ogonek" ("tail," I believe). He >>found this quite humorous. I asked what he would call it, >>and he replied that he was not aware that the hook itself >>had a name.
> That surprises me, because unless I've been misguided over the last 15 > years, these letters are part of the Polish alphabet under the name "a z > ogonkiem" and "e z ogonkiem" (a resp. e with tail, indeed).
They are just called _ą_ [Ow~] and _ę_ [Ew~], although they are not vowels. -- /\ P. M. Arktayg pmva[na]avenned.com /\ \/ "rubba s.idqin ka:na ?akd_aba min kid_bin" \/ \/\/ 'często prawda jest bardziej kłamliwa niż kłamstwo' \/\/