Re: Singlular of "mouses" Was: Re: Negative ordinality

Quoting Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...>:

> Hallo!
>
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:40:40 +0100,
> Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
>
> > > I've seen such a list (or lists)-- they would periodically circulate in
> the
> > > dept. lounge. I think I posted about it a long time ago.......Others
> might
> > > include ümlaut, rhotarirm, etc.
> >
> > Surely that would be "ümläut" [ju:mlOIt]? :)
>
> Why [ju:mlOIt]?  I'd rather say [ymlOYt].
Because the later doesn't sound like a monolingual anglophone's attempt at
mimicking the German pronunciation, of course.

                                                     Andreas