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How'd you do that umlout (spelling?) thing? |
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Personally I Google then copy paste (when I can bother to),
how [8th] does it not a
clue. |
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// How'd you do that umlout (spelling?) thing? // |
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Education. It's probably uncommon where you come from. |
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Sp. "Umlaut" (or Diaeresis) |
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An umlaut is not the same thing as a diaeresis. Göring had an
umlaut. Coöperate and reëlection (strictly speaking) each
have a diaeresis. |
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The umlaut modifies the pronunciation of a single vowel. The
diaeresis indicates that two vowels are not to be merged. |
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I have a horrible feeling that I may have learned that here. |
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An apple omelette ... interesting. What do you serve with it ? |
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// An umlaut is not the same thing as a diaeresis // |
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Yes, we know. The linguistic function is different, but the cymbal is the same. |
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// I may have learned that here // |
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A disturbing though. If people start learning things* - or think they're learning things - from the halfbakery, the consequences could be disastrous. |
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*Other than pedantry, disrespect, sarcasm, irony, bathos and spoon-balancing, that is. |
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