Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/09/28/23:26:58
Richard Dawe <rich AT tudor21 DOT net> wrote in message
news:37EFBE7C DOT 67E2230 AT tudor21 DOT net...
> Hello.
>
> Martin Stromberg wrote:
> > While the o with dots is correct (nice one), o-umlaut isn't. It's a
> > letter in its own right in Swedish (although it is the same glyph(?):
> > ö).
>
> I seem to remember my German teacher telling me that an umlaut and the
> symbol with two dots (whose name eludes me) were different. The two-dots
> symbol is used in Zoe on the 'e',
The symbol is called diaeresis, and it means that a vowel
should be pronounced as a diphthong (separately)
rather than as a digraph (ai = French 'eh' sound).
Aïda
Zoë
reënforce (now reinforce)
reëntrant (what DOS is not)
It is typically placed above e and i, which form the minor
partner in a digraph.
The umlaut, on the other hand, is placed over an a, o, or u
to mix the sound with a slight 'e' sound. For example.
Führer (leader) can also be spelled Fuehrer. (No offense.)
But let's end this thread now, as it is getting _severely_ off-topic.
If you have any DJGPP questions, just head on over to
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/yerricde/minifaq.txt
Damian Yerrick
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