[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] German Umlaut Vowels

[richard benert]

Just to complete Chris's picture, you type alt 148 for ö.

Now this is getting very close too off-topic, but I've got a mechanical 
problem.  I've got both WordPerfect and MS Word.  The "alt 132, alt 148, alt 
129" system used to work in both programs but I seemingly pushed a wrong 
button somewhere along the line and now neither program produces umlauts in 
this way.  Nor, I find, do the codes listed by RootsWeb.  Can anyone suggest 
what I might have done to disable this feature?  Please respond privately. 
Ich bin noch ein komputerischer Dummkopf.

Dick Benert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Menke" <menke5616 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Allan Zelmer" <alzee at mts.net>; "S G G E E" 
<ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>; "Otto" <otto at schienke.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] German Umlaut Vowels


All,
  Or you can hold down the "Alt" tab and at the same time type 129 or 132.
  alt 129 = ü  alt 132 = ä
  Chris Menke

Allan Zelmer <alzee at mts.net> wrote:
  Hello Otto and listers;
There is no need to type, for example, ae in order to indicate an umlaut A.
I recommend you go to the following website address:
http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/codes/vowels.html
You will find a page entitled "Character Codes" "Umlauted vowels and
symbols".
Print out that page and save it and you will then be able to compile text
using, for example ä etc, with ease.
Allan Zelmer.
----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Otto"
To: "S G G E E"
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:02 AM
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] German Umlaut Vowels


>A brief note:
>
> The German alphabet includes three umlaut vowels, A, O, and U.
> (vowels with two dots above them) The dots are not diacritical
> marks. Umlaut vowels are alphabetical characters. Umlauts are to be
> pronounced at the front of the mouth like the pronunciation of 'ich'
> and not at the throaty back of the mouth like pronunciation of 'ach'.
> Umlaut/half-loud. Author Mark Twain joked that learning German is
> getting the ichlauts and achlauts correct, say what you are going to
> say, then add a verb to the end.
>
> Mechanical typewriters came on to the world scene. 26 letters. . .
> where are my umlaut vowels?
> The ListServ is not umlaut capable. What do I do now?
> I indicate an umlaut A by adding an E after it, resulting in "ae', I
> do the same with umlaut O="oe" and umlaut U="ue"
> (you will note the added 'e' forces the vowel sounding to the front
> of the mouth)
>
> Today, more and more font bases include diacritical marks AND German
> umlaut vowels.
>
>
> . . . Otto
>
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