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Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺 ([personal profile] azurelunatic) wrote2003-06-13 02:13 am
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*snicker* Band names.

Gratuitous umlaut abuse?

I mean, "Chöcolate Frög" as a band name?
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2003-06-13 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
*giggle* I'm reading far too much fanfic.

[identity profile] calligrafiti.livejournal.com 2003-06-13 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
It reminds me of a comment in Stephenson's Zodiac: Not bad for a two-umlaut band.
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2003-06-13 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
Love that book.

[identity profile] jdotmi.livejournal.com 2003-06-13 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
The hell?

Ok, I'm all for making words look cool, but, dude, o-umlaut is NOT a letter to use before a hard "c". It's hard enough to say it next to an "s" or a "ß"!

...

Ok german moment over.
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2003-06-13 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
As I'm not a languages geek, how is o-umlaut pronounced?

[identity profile] jdotmi.livejournal.com 2003-06-13 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
Shape your mouth as if to say "Oh" and say a long "e" through it.

It should come out with more of an "O" sound than an "E" sound, though.

For a native english speaker, it's a bit tricky.
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2003-06-13 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. Interesting.
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