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From: Karel =?iso-8859-1?Q?Th=F6nissen?= <thoenissen@hello.nl>
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Brian Rogoff schreef:

> it's a bit unfair to criticize Godel since we don't have an umlaut; I've
> seen it spelled "Goedel" in umlaut free texts. And the Nederlands

Using the e for the umlaut is correct. Originally, the umlaut was a
small e on its side.
Said the Dutchman with an umlaut in his name (-8

> challenged American might also spell it "Esher" since that's how we
> pronounce that name, I'll have to check but if Escher is pronounced the
> way it's spelled (I thought most Dutch words were) then the "ch" is like
> the ch in Bach.

In Dutch, the name Escher is pronounced as /esher/. The correspondence
of spelling and pronounciation is a lot better than in English, but not
quite as good as in Italian, French or German. However, in this case we
deal with a name that was originally German, therefore /esher/.

You are right on how the /sch/ is pronounced in general. This sound is
so difficult for foreigners that it can be used as a password in times
of war. Say Scheveningen.

What is it that many English speaking people have with the spelling
and/or pronounciation of the names of Dutch artists? Why is the name of
Piet Mondriaan always spelled incorrectly? Or Vincent van Gogh's name
which is unrecognisably pronounced and alphabetized under /v/ instead of
/g/ ?

-- 

Groeten, Karel Th�nissen

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