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minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·18 days agoWhy did he do the oe for one and the umlaut-o for the other? It’s the same vowel.
minus-squareSkye [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·edit-218 days ago The correct spelling actually is Goebbels, despite it being pronounced Göbbels Sorry, but you also failed your ICE interview
minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·18 days agooh god oh fuck
minus-squareknfrmity@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoUsually ‘oe’ is a substitution for ‘ö’ if the umlaut can’t be reproduced for whatever reason (same with ä/ae, ö/oe), but sometimes it’s correct with the additional e.
Why did he do the oe for one and the umlaut-o for the other? It’s the same vowel.
The correct spelling actually is Goebbels, despite it being pronounced Göbbels
Sorry, but you also failed your ICE interview
oh god oh fuck
Usually ‘oe’ is a substitution for ‘ö’ if the umlaut can’t be reproduced for whatever reason (same with ä/ae, ö/oe), but sometimes it’s correct with the additional e.