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Would someone have a quick look at ] please? As written, it appears to suggest that the mark is historic. I don't speak German but even I know this to be nonsense. Thank you. --] (]) 11:43, 23 October 2022 (UTC) Would someone have a quick look at ] please? As written, it appears to suggest that the mark is historic. I don't speak German but even I know this to be nonsense. Thank you. --] (]) 11:43, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
:Your concern isn't entirely clear to me (nor why you're asking here instead of at ], but that's secondary). Is it that you're interpreting "originally" to mean that the mark was originally used but no longer is? I can see it being read that way, but I can also read it another way, to indicate that that was the umlaut mark's original purpose, but that it is now used when no phonological umlaut is involved, as in foreign borrowings such as ''Büro'' and ''imaginär'', or perhaps even in native words like ''Bär'' (Middle High German ''ber''). Perhaps that was what was intended. If so, then it should be reworded to remove the ambiguity. ] (]) 13:24, 23 October 2022 (UTC) :Your concern isn't entirely clear to me (nor why you're asking here instead of at ], but that's secondary). Is it that you're interpreting "originally" to mean that the mark was originally used but no longer is? I can see it being read that way, but I can also read it another way, to indicate that that was the umlaut mark's original purpose, but that it is now used in words that involve no phonological umlaut, as in foreign borrowings such as ''Büro'' and ''imaginär'', or perhaps even in native words like ''Bär'' (Middle High German ''ber''). Perhaps that was what was intended. If so, then it should be reworded to remove the ambiguity. ] (]) 13:24, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

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Would someone have a quick look at Umlaut (linguistics)#Marking please? As written, it appears to suggest that the mark is historic. I don't speak German but even I know this to be nonsense. Thank you. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 11:43, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Your concern isn't entirely clear to me (nor why you're asking here instead of at Talk:Umlaut (linguistics), but that's secondary). Is it that you're interpreting "originally" to mean that the mark was originally used but no longer is? I can see it being read that way, but I can also read it another way, to indicate that that was the umlaut mark's original purpose, but that it is now used in words that involve no phonological umlaut, as in foreign borrowings such as Büro and imaginär, or perhaps even in native words like Bär (Middle High German ber). Perhaps that was what was intended. If so, then it should be reworded to remove the ambiguity. Largoplazo (talk) 13:24, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
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