diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> The Wikipedia entry for "The Usual Suspects uses the spelling Keyser
> Soze with an umlaut over the o. Jonathan Lighter sent a message to the
> list on June 2, 2011 about the "Keyser Soeze syndrome" that is
somewhat
> similar.  Dan Goncharoff sent a message about the "Keyser Soeze
> syndrome" which concerns twist endings for films
>

>From my high school German, I remember that an umlaut is the double-dot
that goes over o (for the OE sound), the u (UE), and a (AE).  "Keyser
Soze" (and the "o" in "Soze" had a double-dot) was a Turkish name, I
believe.  Should it still be called an umlaut?  Is "umlaut" the general
name for a double-dot mark over a vowel?  (or possibly consonants, as in
"Spinal Tap", in which case the "n" had a double-dot?)




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