Re: three questions about alphabet files at Michael Everson site

From: Charles Levert (charles.levert@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 10 2005 - 15:34:32 CST

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    * On Thursday 2005-11-10 at 20:37:05 +0100, Chris Jacobs wrote:
    > Charles Levert wrote:
    > > maelström (mot néerlandais), also spelled malstrom
    >
    > I am dutch and I am rather surprised to see that maelström is a mot
    > néerlandais.
    > I always thought it was a scandinavian word.

    So did I! :-)
    I was blindly citing my trusty (?) old “petit Larousse illustré 1981”.
    It may have been corrected since.

    > Is the ö supposed to be an o umlaut or an o diaeresis?

    I don't know for sure, but the absence of another
    vowel next to it makes me lean towards umlaut.

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