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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 09:01 AM
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Umlaut (diacritic)
The things we can learn from wikipedia..:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umlaut_(diacritic)

Ä ä
Ë ë
Ḧ ḧ
Ï ï
Ö ö

Ü ü
Ẅ ẅ
Ẍ ẍ
Ÿ ÿ
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 10:28 AM
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1. That would be an awesome name for a heavy metal band...
Umlaut.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 11:11 AM
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2. Cuts right to the chase, doesn't it?
Of course, there'd have to be an umlaut over the a.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 01:20 PM
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3. Unless you're going for irony, in which case without the umlaut might work. :)
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 02:14 PM
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4. Where's the fun in that?
I mean, we've got armadillos in our trousers.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-16-07 04:36 PM
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5. I found the diaresis mark discussion interesting.
Better than a diarrhea mark discussion.
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