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Re: accent marks
in reply to a message by Zoe
Those are an accent mark called a "diaresis" (or "umlaut" in German, where it's most frequently used).The mark is used in this case to indicate that the "e" in Zoe is pronounced (i.e., "Zoh-ee" instead of "Zoh").Diaresis can be avoided in many instances by drinking only bottled water and avoiding the consumption of local produce.
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Hi Pavlos,ë is no Umlaut because the sound is still an e-sound with those ¨ above. "Umlaut" means "change of sound":
a -> ä
o -> ö
u -> üRegards, Satu
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Satu, I've got a proposition for ya...I won't call a diaresis an umlaut if you won't call me Pavlos. Deal?Actually, my calling a diaresis an umlaut was simply a clumsy attempt at teaching "Diacritical Marks 101". Many semi-educated native English speakers recognize an umlaut as "them two little dots", even if they're not sure what it does in German or elsewhere. "Diaresis", however, is a pretty rare and obscure term in English-language conversation, at least in the American South.Your point is quite valid and I shouldn't have muddied the waters with an incorrect reference to umlauts.Regards,Da.
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Oooooops, SORRY, Daividh!!Please forgive me, Daividh!! I have NO IDEA why I wrote Pavlos instead of Daividh... I'm really sorry!Well, I understood that you just took the "Umlaut"-term to describe these ¨ points... I just love languages and grammar and things like that (even if my ENGLISH grammar is still quite poor :( ...), so I couldn't stop myself from being teaching again. No offence please! It's just fun!Hope to "see" you again, soon!
Satu
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"You callin' ME Daividh?
You callin' ME Daividh?
You callin' ME Daividh?"
(Delivered in a diuretic DeNiroesque fashion)
:P
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No way, Pavlos! No way, Pavlos! No way, Pavlos!I will try hard not to mix up your names again. Maybe I should start to call both Daividh and you for Dailos or Pavvidh to avoid that mistake? ;PSætü
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Only is you use a diaeresis -- err..- umlaut on the a :P
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