Umlaute

[David Gentle]

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> Please pardon the lack of umlauts, too little time...

°°° Oh, that's better than the other way round. That Wallace
guy from "Infinite Jest" he puts them everywhere without any
sense. For instance, DFW writes of this tasty Swiss chocolate
always as "Töblerone" although it's simply "Toblerone". Actually,
the German of Wallace is even worse than Pynchon's ...

Kai +
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Out of curriosity how does an Umlaute modify the pronunciation of a word? I've been wondering for a
while now.

David Gentle