Consistency in vowel sysem (was: Is it necessary...)

Andreas Johansson wrote:

>>a [a]   ä [9]
>>e [e]   ë [E]
>>i [i]
>>o [o]   ö [O]
>>u [u]   ü [y]
> I'm afraid I don't see the logic; in 'ë' and 'ö', the trema indicates
> lowering, in 'ü' fronting, and 'ä' rising and rounding! Switching to 'ï' would
> give an example if rounding, which doesn't seem to do much for consistency.
You just proved me right! There is always a connection in between one vowel
and the same with an umlaut. Frontness, roundness, etc mean nothing for the
common people so I always use the same accent and I chose the umlaut.

See ya,

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Remi Villatel
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