Re: umlaut reduction?

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> > how would umlauts tend to be rendered by a i e o u
>
> Front rounded vowels would just tend to be derounded, i.e., ü -> i, ö ->
> e.  ä and e would probably merge.
<relieved look>  That's good to hear; I must have picked up a *little*
phonology/phonetics/etc. effectively auditing the first quarter of Intro
to Phonetics/Phonology.  Thanks.

YHL