[Albion] Hürzeler or Huerzeler or both?

Hugo Rune said:

Brian Owen and the Argus have taken to spelling Hürzeler as Huerzeler. This has been done multiple times. Is Huerzeler an English spelling of his name? I’m starting to get really worried now and don’t know where to turn. Someone help please!

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Zeberdi said:

Come on Hugo, does it matter?

You know we will be calling him ‘Killer Hertz’ eventually anyway

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Bozza said:

It's a valid question.

When we've had enough and are getting our "Hürzeler / Huerzeler OUT!" banners made up, we won't have time to debate the spelling, so let's get it agreed now.

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Professor Plum said:

As far as I know, you can replace any Umlaut vowel (a,o,u) with the vowel plus an 'e'. It’s often needed when for some technical reason the Umlaut isn’t available. For instance Zürich = Zuerich.

With people’s names eg Hürzeler, always use the Umlaut or spell it Huerzeler. Spelling it Hurzeler is regarded as quite rude. The Umlaut, or lack of, also affects the pronunciation of the word.

So the Argus is quite right for a change.

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Super Steve Earle said:

Interesting example. I have never noticed umlauts in Zurich or spotted Zurich spelt Zuerich. At least, I don't think I have. And I did a school project on Switzerland and a German O'Level. Maybe a rabbit hole for later. Especially for our boss, these thing matter.

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Professor Plum said:

As far as I know, you can replace any Umlaut vowel (a,o,u) with the vowel plus an 'e'. It’s often needed when for some technical reason the Umlaut isn’t available. For instance Zürich = Zuerich.

With people’s names eg Hürzeler, always use the Umlaut or spell it Huerzeler. Spelling it Hurzeler is regarded as quite rude. The Umlaut, or lack of, also affects the pronunciation of the word.

So the Argus is quite right for a change.

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