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A Rant
On 22 Apr 2004 05:15:10 GMT, (Xyzsch) wrote:
>>If "Gewurztraminer" (minus umlaut) is good enough for Trimbach (and the OP
>>was talking about Alsace!) then it is good enough for me.
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>st. helier
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>I just check my bottle of Trimbach (in the fridge), and you are right, no
>umlaut. But the Riverview (Ontario) Gewurz. I have been sipping tonite HAS the
>umlaut. Although, I don't include it, because I do not have the character set.
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Simple, there is no umlaut in French, and the french "u" (without
umaut) has the same sound as the german "ü". And Trimbach is French.
And Gewurztraminer, as everyone knows, finds its best expression in
Alsace, not in Germany...
Mike
Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France
email link http://www.tommasi.org/mymail
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