tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post116206553754984533..comments2024-03-18T15:52:46.631+00:00Comments on Liberal England: We'll always have PowysJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1162142869795862832006-10-29T17:27:00.000+00:002006-10-29T17:27:00.000+00:00The Star's omission of the umlaut ['2 dots'] is co...The Star's omission of the umlaut ['2 dots'] is correct: it only misleads the reader as it doesn't serve, in English, it's original purpose of indicating how the 'O' is to be pronounced. <BR/><BR/>Presumably in his native Lithuania [I think] the surname is pronounced 'Erpik' and the umlaut tells the reader this. Few British people, I imagine, know how to get akeyboard to produce an umlaut: I did once know but have forgotten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com