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| sik0fewl Newbie Canada Joined 5494 days ago 31 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 9 of 10 05 May 2010 at 3:43am | IP Logged |
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The German umlaut was actually originally an "e" written beside or on top of the vowel it was modifying. Over time it transformed into the two dots we know today.
See here for a little more detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umlaut_%28diacritic%29#History_ 2. In particular, check out the two images on the right that show the development of the umlaut. So, if you need to write an umlaut when the ä/ö/ü characters are unavailable, you write the "e" after the vowel instead. Edit: I meant to add: it's not the umlauts that are being replaced, but rather, it's the other way around :) Edited by sik0fewl on 06 May 2010 at 3:08am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Slovak_anglo Diglot Groupie United States facebook.com/deliver Joined 5345 days ago 87 posts - 100 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: Italian, Slovak | Message 10 of 10 05 May 2010 at 5:23am | IP Logged |
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Wow didn't expect all of this, but I figured it so.
Vielen Dank! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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