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I was wondering if anyone can point me to anyone (metal bands that is) who uses heavy metal umlauts that aren't from the USA -- it appears to me that the phenomenon is, at least primarily if not solely, a US one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.167.145.44 ( talk) 00:36, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
May we take on board in some way that "Motörhead" actually uses the diacritic accent 'correctly' according to German usage over an o (even if their own word for motor is not pronounced like that, hence they don't use the accent) as noted by the previous comment. Trust Lemmy to come up with some value-added. 212.159.59.41 ( talk) 15:38, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
The article used to have a section on the history:
Seems a shame to have completely lost this. - Snori ( talk) 22:18, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
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in the mockumentary film This Is Spın̈al Tap, fictional rocker David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) says, "It's like a pair of eyes. You're looking at the umlaut, and it's looking at you."
I have seen this movie over 100 times. This line does not appear in the movie, and this quote should be deleted. Robbmonster ( talk) 14:07, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
I am in Britain and have listened to heavy metal for 40 years. I have always known this to be referred to as a 'heavy metal umlaut', not a 'metal umlaut', including when it was referred to on BBC radio by the likes of Johnnie Walker. Is calling it a 'metal umlaut' a USA thing? SandJ-on-WP ( talk) 19:36, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
In German, Umlauts are mostly used in diminutive forms. While Hans is a name for a grown up man, like John, "little Johnny" is called Hänschen klein, as in the children's song. Very though indeed. -- 2001:A62:1950:6501:EC9B:83FD:ED77:6967 ( talk) 22:02, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
As you write it, it sounds like an umlaut is just the two dots. That's total bullshit. There are only 3 different umlauts: ä, ö, ü or Ä, Ö, Ü. Please fix this article (and in case that the article is correct, please fix the english language, too). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.145.178.6 ( talk) 18:14, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
Real media publicity, or fictional (i.e. within the strip) media publicity? — Tamfang ( talk) 04:45, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
Metal umlaut is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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I was wondering if anyone can point me to anyone (metal bands that is) who uses heavy metal umlauts that aren't from the USA -- it appears to me that the phenomenon is, at least primarily if not solely, a US one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.167.145.44 ( talk) 00:36, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
May we take on board in some way that "Motörhead" actually uses the diacritic accent 'correctly' according to German usage over an o (even if their own word for motor is not pronounced like that, hence they don't use the accent) as noted by the previous comment. Trust Lemmy to come up with some value-added. 212.159.59.41 ( talk) 15:38, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
The article used to have a section on the history:
Seems a shame to have completely lost this. - Snori ( talk) 22:18, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
References
in the mockumentary film This Is Spın̈al Tap, fictional rocker David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) says, "It's like a pair of eyes. You're looking at the umlaut, and it's looking at you."
I have seen this movie over 100 times. This line does not appear in the movie, and this quote should be deleted. Robbmonster ( talk) 14:07, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
I am in Britain and have listened to heavy metal for 40 years. I have always known this to be referred to as a 'heavy metal umlaut', not a 'metal umlaut', including when it was referred to on BBC radio by the likes of Johnnie Walker. Is calling it a 'metal umlaut' a USA thing? SandJ-on-WP ( talk) 19:36, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
In German, Umlauts are mostly used in diminutive forms. While Hans is a name for a grown up man, like John, "little Johnny" is called Hänschen klein, as in the children's song. Very though indeed. -- 2001:A62:1950:6501:EC9B:83FD:ED77:6967 ( talk) 22:02, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
As you write it, it sounds like an umlaut is just the two dots. That's total bullshit. There are only 3 different umlauts: ä, ö, ü or Ä, Ö, Ü. Please fix this article (and in case that the article is correct, please fix the english language, too). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.145.178.6 ( talk) 18:14, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
Real media publicity, or fictional (i.e. within the strip) media publicity? — Tamfang ( talk) 04:45, 13 April 2023 (UTC)