08 October 2006

Umlauts

For future reference, if you need to indicate an umlaut and you do not have a computer keyboard or typewriter that does so, you simply add an "e." Example: Zurich should have an umlauted "u." Therefore, you would spell it "Zuerich."

Thanks to L.C. in Muenchen for this tip!

2 comments:

The Big Finn said...

That's pretty much true except for Swiss words like grüezi. I don't think it's every written as "grueezi".

Chris said...

Yes, but then again, I am told that Swiss German isn't really a written language. . . I loved the moment that I realized option+u = umlaut. I went nuts for a few days before I realized that the umlaut-usage wasn't helping either my atrocious pronounciation or my pathetic German spelling.

Hey, GL, sorry for the delay but I posted some advice for cat-toting. Hope it's not too late.

Cheers,
Chris