Farin Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 the 'ä' is like the "ai" in "air" and the 'ö' is like the French "jeu", "peux" etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 and - thanks to WikiBooks - I found a small Audio file (plays in the browser): 'Ä', 'Ö' and 'Ü' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 Soooo when do we nominate?..... not that there's any hurry or anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 let me say it this way: it would be good if you'd still remember your nominations tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 You're all twisted and clearly out of your minds ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 Yeah, let's twist again, twistin' time is here! We're international. Jet set songfactors, that's what we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 Is it tomorrow yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 I belive in Japan it's almost midnight... right Kevin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 Kevin's still here?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 this can only work for non-German speakers nobody would believe that a band called "Beowülf", "Blöödhag" or "Hüsker Dü" - pronounced with Umlaut - would sound like blodness and strength (the opposite is true) Unlike the other bands mentioned, Husker Du have every right to use umlauts in their name, since that is the correct spelling of the words involved. (It's only a shame I can't spell their name correctly every time I mention them, having no umlaut on my keyboard. ) The phrase "Husker Du?" means "Do you remember?" in Swedish, fact fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 Unlike the other bands mentioned, Husker Du have every right to use umlauts in their name, since that is the correct spelling of the words involved. (It's only a shame I can't spell their name correctly every time I mention them, having no umlaut on my keyboard. ) The phrase "Husker Du?" means "Do you remember?" in Swedish, fact fans. sorry to prove you wrong, but: Minneapolis punk pioneers of the 1980s, Hüsker Dü, whose name comes from a Danish board game (the original game does not have umlauts). The name of the board game comes from the Danish interrogative clause "Husker du?" (without Umlaut), which means "Do you remember?" ('you' = second person singular, not plural) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 Fascinating, Farin. Thank you very much for correcting me. (Another restless night awaits) The name of the game is spelled with macrons to lend an exotic Scandinavian feel, a practice later adopted by Häagen-Dazs ("zs" actually being unique to Polish and Hungarian), Frusen Glädjé, and the like. (In actuality, no Scandinavian language is spelled with macrons.) The game was also the source of the name of the Minneapolis punk rock band Hüsker Dü, replacing the macrons with umlauts (maybe inspired by heavy metal umlauts). At least, there apparently should have been some form of accent over those vowels,(macrons: a single line over the vowel, (or a double dot??) but Lord only knows what its implications for pronunciation are....) in order to correspond with the name of the Scandinavian board game...but they changed the accents to umlauts in the interests of "rock credibility". Or to take the pi$$, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 Unlike the other bands mentioned, Husker Du have every right to use umlauts in their name, since that is the correct spelling of the words involved. (It's only a shame I can't spell their name correctly every time I mention them, having no umlaut on my keyboard. ) The phrase "Husker Du?" means "Do you remember?" in Swedish, fact fans. Fans of fact may prefer to ignore the post quoted above. Fans of ill-informed speculation may like to give it the once-over, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 I thought an umlaut was an egg (That's a yolk). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 I get a kick out of BF when he quotes himself . Nothing wrong with it , but I've never or so rarely seen anyone else do it that it is a unique habit all his own and not at all a rare behavior for him- just watch . (Spock-like voice ) : Fascinating . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 This song was released in 1989 from the "Pump" album. Hey Mindcrime. It looks like you still follow the Top Ten. Why not be in it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Summing up.... Top Ten #51 for the week ending 25th February 2007 1. La Grange - ZZ Top (1973) 2. Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood (1967) 3. Catch The Wind - Donovan (1965) 4. Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine (1992) 5. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me - Billy Joel (1980) 6. Alfie - Dionne Warwick (1967) 7. Me And Julio Down By The School Yard - Paul Simon (1972) 8. Janie's Got A Gun - Aerosmith (1989) 9. Fire - Pointer Sisters (1978) 10.Sweet Baby James - James Taylor (1972) .................................................. NOMINATIONS FOR TOP TEN #52 ARE NOW OPEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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