Re:Plain text, with lines
by rzzzt on Monday June 06, 2022 @05:04AM
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Is this "love" with a metal umlaut, or "lion"?
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Re:Plain text, with lines
by vanderZwan on Monday June 06, 2022 @05:22AM
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Don't know if the umlaut is supposed to be metal, but the German would for "lion" would be Löwe so it's not that.
Re:Plain text, with lines
by f0xJtpvHYTVQ88B on Monday June 06, 2022 @09:20AM
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Many Rock/Metal bands have used Umlauts in their name such as Blue Öyster Cult, Queensrÿche, Motörhead, the Accüsed, and Mötley Crüe.
Re:Plain text, with lines
by DemocracyFTW2 on Monday June 06, 2022 @05:34AM
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All we can say is that it's not exactly Lion nor exactly Löwe but it could reasonably be either
Re:Plain text, with lines
by boondaburrah on Monday June 06, 2022 @08:30AM
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It's love2d(ots)
”lion“ is spelled „Löwe“, not ”Löve“.
There goes my hypothesis...
The pronunciation of the letter v is one of the few cases of ambiguity in German orthography. The German language normally uses the letter "f" to indicate the sound /f/ (as used in the English word fight) and "w" to indicate the sound /v/ (as in victory). However, the letter "v" does occur in a large number of German words, where its pronunciation is /f/ in some words but /v/ in others.