Gratuitous diacritic used in the names of some rock bands
Mötley Crüe's Hollywood Walk of Fame star, which shows the two metal umlauts used in the band's name
A metal umlaut (also known as röck döts)[1] is a diacritic that is sometimes used gratuitously or decoratively over letters in the names of mainly hard rock or heavy metal bands—for example, those of Blue Öyster Cult, Queensrÿche, Motörhead, the Accüsed, Mötley Crüe and the parody bands Spın̈al Tap and Green Jellÿ.
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A metalumlaut (also known as röck döts) is a diacritic that is sometimes used gratuitously or decoratively over letters in the names of mainly hard rock...
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generation immigrants. Some German speakers pronounce the metalumlaut as if it were a "normal" German umlaut. For example, when Mötley Crüe visited Germany, singer...
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terms imported from other languages. The two dots accent (diaeresis or umlaut), the grave accent and the acute accent are the only diacritics native to...
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DEA̋D" which some people[who?] assert is a demonstration of the heavy metalumlaut. The inside panel features individual portraits of the band, however...
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