Be it Blue Öyster Cult, Motörhead or Mötley Crüe, the Germanic umlaut is a grammatical mechanism that has been synonymous with hard rock and heavy metal for decades. While it's clear that the umlaut's ...

If the heavy metal umlaut demonstrates anything, it is a simultaneous dissatisfaction with English and an inability to escape it. To adorn an English band name or album title with an umlaut reveals an ...

What is it that makes umlauts so metal? It’s hard to say – is it the way they can make an O look like a tiny Satan? Is it the immediate associations with Germanic, Nordic and generally forest-strewn ...

German companies may punch above their weight in the world economy, but their names are often impossible to export globally - and they are ditching their umlauts to fit in. The umlaut - Ä, Ö and Ü – ...

German brands such as Dürr and Jägermeister have faced issues from customers in countries such as China, as the umlaut — the dotted accent added to the letters a, o, or u —leads to pronunciation ...

Q: First, I’d like to thank the BND and reporter Will Buss for finally spelling the name of Belleville’s new German restaurant and beer hall correctly last Wednesday — Hofbräuhaus — with the umlaut ...

In four issues per year, The German Quarterly brings you the best in literary and cultural studies. Also included are book reviews and special reports and forums. Publisher Information Wiley is a ...

OK, she probably can’t tell you who the Biggest Loser is or the latest favorite American Idol. But here’s betting Emma Peasley can read ’em both under the table. The Sussex School seventh-grader ...