The Story of the Umlaut @arikaokrent2490
The Story of the Umlaut @arikaokrent2490
Uploaded February 2016 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
We know it as those scary Gothic-Viking-Teutonic dots, but they are so much more. Here is story of the umlaut. Produced for Mental Floss.
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The Story of the Umlaut

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