| Re: [GMCnet] Nuts for the cupboard bolts metal or aluminum? [message #284796 is a reply to message #284778] |
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k2gkk
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Hi, Rob.
I truly believe that I can come very close. Someday, I may get to another GMCMI rally/convention when you are also there and I can demonstrate! I do have more problem correctly pronouncing the "o mit umlaut" sound, though. My wife Judy had three years of French in high school and it was her major (2 years until she got her MRS degree) and she got "A" in the French pronunciation classes. French has a vowel which is apparently VERY close to the sound of the German "o" with umlaut and I have to really concentrate to get close to that one!
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> From: robmueller@iinet.net.au
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 01:27:27 +1000
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Nuts for the cupboard bolts metal or aluminum?
>
> Mac,
>
> My family name is actually Muller with an umlaut over the "u." My Dad told me that when he and his Father arrived at Ellis Island in
> 1926 they were told that the umlaut didn't exist in English and an "e" would be added after the "u."
>
> In my 68 years I have NEVER heard anyone pronounce the "ue" the same way Germans pronounce the "u" with an umlaut over it.
>
> I usually get Mule - er or Mull - er and neither one of those is the correct pronunciation. The problem is the sound one makes for a
> "u" with an umlaut over it does not exist in the English language. Well at least I can't think of any word that is pronounced with
> that sound.
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> The Pedantic Mechanic
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D C _Mac_ Macdonald
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> The umlauts aren't really a big problem because adding the "e" at the end of those vowels that have the umlaut seem to be widely
> understood (ae, oe, ue) by folks who actually use the umlaut characters. Some of us even learned to pronounce them reasonably
> correctly during a military tour in Germany!
>
> ~~ ~ D C "Mac" Macdonald ~ ~~
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