Timeline for Can an umlaut be written as a line in handwriting?
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| Oct 19, 2016 at 10:25 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @Jan: I meant something like in this image. It may be a matter of interpretation whether these are "vertical" or "slanted (in the direction of writing) somewhat like acute accents". In practice, those lines can indeed be much more slanted - while searching for examples, I noticed it is unexpectedly difficult to image-google for scans of contemporary primary school exercise book pages that show how pupils in this century write. | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 9:46 | comment | added | Jan | I’ve never seen a double acute accent as an umlaut substitute. I have, however, frequently seen double vertical lines as an umlaut substitute (not sure if that shape has an official accent name). | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 8:26 | comment | added | AnoE | Best answer to me, because, unlike the currently top voted one, it explains how the line develops. | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 7:33 | history | answered | O. R. Mapper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
