Re: Umlauts (was Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad)
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 25, 2003, 22:11 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Costentin Cornomorus" <elemtilas@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: Umlauts (was Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad)
> --- michael poxon <m.poxon@...> wrote:
> > The dots in Noel aren't umlauts, they're
> > diaeresis (diaereses?).
>
> We've just been through all this
> umlaut/dieresis/trema thing, thank you very much.
>
> An umlaut is ... why bother!
>
The difference is, you cannot drop umlauts. If you want to anglicise the
spelling, use an e - schon, schoen.