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Re: TERMS: Umlaut-Ablaut

From:Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <ira@...>
Date:Monday, November 15, 1999, 18:13
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Raymond Brown wrote:


> But - 'umlaut' is often used also to describe the two dots placed over
> modified vowels in German (I've even heard the 'e' in the French 'No=EBl'
> called 'e-umlaut'!).

Also in the HTML standard: the vowels with dots on are expressed as
&auml; etcetera, even &iuml; !

   Irina

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