umlaut
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"The computer thought the umlaut was the last letter in the alphabet and removed everyone else's names," he said.
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- noun A change in a vowel sound caused by partial assimilation especially to a vowel or semivowel occurring in the following syllable.
- noun A vowel sound changed in this manner. Also called vowel mutation.
- noun The diacritic mark (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate an umlaut, especially in German.
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Okay, so they're spelling it differently (the umlaut is a nice touch, I must admit) ... but still!
— Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch -
"The computer thought the umlaut was the last letter in the alphabet and removed everyone else's names," he said.
— The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed - [umlaut] "and" o [umlaut] "), eL like the nasal French" in, "i as in — Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician
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- German : um-, around, alteration (from Middle High German umb-, from umbe, from Old High German umbi; see ambhi in Indo-European roots) + Laut, sound (from Middle High German lūt, from Old High German hlūt; see kleu- in Indo-European roots).
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/ (o͝omˈloutˌ)/
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