From: Dave Bird <dave AT xemu DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: OT? Martin S (Re: gcc optimizes divisons!)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 00:26:35 +0100
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In article <37EFBE7C DOT 67E2230 AT tudor21 DOT net>, Richard Dawe
<rich AT tudor21 DOT net> writes
>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', which is a different sound in German to
>an umlaut, which should be written as two vertical lines IIRC. Are there
>any Germans in the Haus who can confirm this?

 Wow, this is getting complicated.  Old German has ordinary a like
 in "mann", with a small O over it has the lips like for an O giving
 the sound in "got"; and ordinary U like in "took",with a small ..
 E over it has lips flat like for an E giving the sound in    "m u ller"

 Small E also written two dots or two short strokes, and called umlaut.


 English uses the same sign to mean diaeresis      ..
 i.e.   separation of adjacent vowels..........  Zo e
 pronounced "Zoh-ee " (rather than "Zoy" or whatever).
 


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