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

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Saturday, October 25, 2003, 22:11
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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.