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Topic: The hostage Umlaut = True Metal
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NightSod
VoivodFan
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posted March 11, 2003 05:07
    
Damn. I just spent a a fruitless 5 mins trying to update my name with umlauts...Which segues neatly to my question: What is this odd relationship metal has with the umlaut? I am sure I've seen them plastered liberally and incorrectly over countless bands monikers over the years.
'Voivod' requires one thanks to the origin of the word, but 'Motley Crue'????
I know 'the crue' appear to be collectively the stupidest group of men ever to have assembled together in a room, but does that really excuse such bad typography? Is there anyone German here that can tell me how their name is really pronounced phonetically, given the spelling? Don't Motorhead also have a hostage umlaut? What next? Will everyone start spelling 'c' words with a 'k', or using phone text message style writing.
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NightSod
VoivodFan
Member # 133
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posted March 11, 2003 05:25
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Originally posted by Emlyn K Helicopter:
Typonazi!
Hmm. Multiversed gag. Seriously though! Why? Why umlauts? Why not tildes or accents? C'mon I'm trying to distract people from the
'whose got the bestest vv site' arguments, they seemed to be nearing meltdown once more.
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Väinämöinen
VoivodFan
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posted March 11, 2003 06:59
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Originally posted by BumEggs:
There's one name on this forum - and I apologise in advance for this - that I can't help but read as "vënvömümïnön", or summat...As I say, I am sorry, but to me it looks as exotic as cyrillic or Japanese Kanjii. Is it a real word - or a metal word.
ROTFL!!! I nearly fucking ruptured my lungs after reading that  Trust me my British comrades, it's a real name from a real book written in a real language, Finnish that is! (see the "name calling" thread). Ä (pronounced like the 'a' in "mad") and Ö (very close to the vocal part in "bird") are the only letters in my mother tongue that take umlauts. They are used as often as any other vocals, so for us there's nothing special about them  . I remember another group name that has umlauts: Lääz Rockit. I guess the umlauts were there just for gaining attention on the record shelves. PS.
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"Mäyrä käpälöi mätiä nieriöitä" "A badger pawed some rotten charrs"
----------- I know, that makes no sense. But I got to write many umlauts!
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Juan87
VoivodFan
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posted March 12, 2003 05:31
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Originally posted by Väinämöinen:
ROTFL!!! I nearly fucking ruptured my lungs after reading that Trust me my British comrades, it's a real name from a real book written in a real language, Finnish that is! (see the "name calling" thread). Ä (pronounced like the 'a' in "mad") and Ö (very close to the vocal part in "bird") are the only letters in my mother tongue that take umlauts. They are used as often as any other vocals, so for us there's nothing special about them . I remember another group name that has umlauts: Lääz Rockit. I guess the umlauts were there just for gaining attention on the record shelves. PS.
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"Mäyrä käpälöi mätiä nieriöitä" "A badger pawed some rotten charrs"
----------- I know, that makes no sense. But I got to write many umlauts!
HAHA funny topic. Laaz Rockit (my keyboard don't know how to make oumlets) were San Fran Bay area thrashers, like Vio-Lence, Testament, Exodus, Death Angel, D.R.I. (oh wait, they were hardcore!). All it is is a portable rocket launcher, like a bazooka. 
I just call it "those dots" LOL!
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posted March 11, 2003 05:46
