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Umlaut (/ ˈ ʊ m l aʊ t /) is a name for the two dots diacritical mark ( ̈) as used to indicate in writing (as part of the letters ä , ö , and ü ) the result of the historical sound shift due to which former back vowels are now pronounced as front vowels (for example , , and as , , and ).
Mötley Crüe's Hollywood Walk of Fame star, which shows the two metal umlauts used in the band's name. A metal umlaut (also known as röck döts) [1] is a diacritic that is sometimes used gratuitously or decoratively over letters in the names of mainly hard rock or heavy metal bands—for example, those of Blue Öyster Cult, Queensrÿche, Motörhead, the Accüsed, Mötley Crüe and the parody ...
The introduction of the German mark in 1873 was the culmination of decades-long efforts to unify the various currencies used by the German Confederation. [2] The Zollverein unified in 1838 the Prussian and South German currencies at a fixed rate of 1 Prussian thaler = 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 South German gulden = 16.704 g fine silver.
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Obsolete IPA near-close near-back rounded vowel alternative symbol used until 1989; Superscript form is an IPA superscript letter [7] Ȣ ȣ: Ou Ligature of Latin o and u ᴕ ᴽ: Small capital Ou FUT [2] a back vowel of uncertain quality: ᴘ: Small capital P ꟼ Epigraphic letter reversed P ɸ ᶲ Phi IPA /ɸ/ IPA voiceless bilabial fricative ...
The New York Times: "Accent marks are used for French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German words and names. [...] Do not use accents in words or names from other languages (Slavic and Scandinavian ones, for example), which are less familiar to most American writers, editors and readers; such marks would be prone to error, and type fonts ...
Danzig Mark – Danzig; Estonian mark – Estonia; German mark – Germany; Gold mark – Germany; German Papiermark – Germany; German reichsmark – Germany; German rentenmark – Germany; German South-West African Mark – German South-West Africa; East German mark – East Germany; Finnish mark – Finland; Hamburg mark – Hamburg; New ...
Pascal Le Segretain/Marc Piasecki/Taylor Hill/Getty Images. Yes, yes and yes. ‘90s hair is having its moment—from ‘The Rachel,’ to ‘The Bixie’—so it’s no surprise that flipped ends ...