[Albion] Hürzeler or Huerzeler or both?

[Hugo Rune]

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!

'His injury happened because he played too many minutes' - Boss takes care of Pervis

Fabian Huerzeler has spoken about Pervis Estupinan’s injury woes - and return to full fitness.

www.theargus.co.uk

Huerzeler faces the media ahead of Albion v Nottingham Forest

Fabian Huerzeler press conference ahead of Brighton v Nottingham Forest

www.theargus.co.uk

Joao Pedro, Baleba, Forest and more - what Huerzeler had to say in press conference

Fabian Huerzeler spoke to the media ahead of Brighton v Nottingham Forest

www.theargus.co.uk

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Both ü and ue are pronounce the same in German and the ue spelling of ü is more commonly used internationally.

 

[Han Solo]

Fab Hurz.

Why complicate things?

 

[Professor Plum]

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.

 

[Zeberdi]

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!

'His injury happened because he played too many minutes' - Boss takes care of Pervis

Fabian Huerzeler has spoken about Pervis Estupinan’s injury woes - and return to full fitness.

www.theargus.co.uk

Huerzeler faces the media ahead of Albion v Nottingham Forest

Fabian Huerzeler press conference ahead of Brighton v Nottingham Forest

www.theargus.co.uk

Joao Pedro, Baleba, Forest and more - what Huerzeler had to say in press conference

Fabian Huerzeler spoke to the media ahead of Brighton v Nottingham Forest

www.theargus.co.uk

Come on Hugo, does it matter?

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

 

[Van Cleef]

One of my mates pronounces it Hurlitzer.
I haven't asked him to spell it yet.

 

[Bozza]

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.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

Come on Hugo, does it matter?

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

Or Mega Hertz

 

[Me and my Monkey]

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.

At that point it will become Hurzeler. That'll learn him.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

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.

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.

 

[Professor Plum]

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.

I lived in the city for several years and it was the obvious example for me BUT it’s actually not a great one to choose as the Zurich spelling has become the standard English version outside the region, and you see it in international company names like Zurich Insurance. My bad. The principle remains though.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

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.

True.

As an aside, the best description I’ve heard is it’s the translation of ü from the German alphabet into the English alphabet.

 

[Weststander]

They can both fck off after that draw.

 

[Albion my Albion]

It's interesting because my own last name was changed from being spelled with an umlaut but during World War II because of a business my great uncle owned was changed to using 2 vowels to express the same sound. My own son says that German Americans should go back to their original spellings and that it shouldn't have been changed only because of an adversarial relationship during a war that was over 80 years ago. He spells his last name different than the way I spell my last name.

 

[schmunk]

It's interesting because my own last name was changed from being spelled with an umlaut but during World War II because of a business my great uncle owned was changed to using 2 vowels to express the same sound. My own son says that German Americans should go back to their original spellings and that it shouldn't have been changed only because of an adversarial relationship during a war that was over 80 years ago. He spells his last name different than the way I spell my last name.

The Göring Gap...?

 

[zeemeeuw]

True.

As an aside, the best description I’ve heard is it’s the translation of ü from the German alphabet into the English alphabet.

Yes, there's lots of IT system reasons for doing it too, e.g. ü would not be valid in an email address.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

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.

This needs a POLE.

 

[Seagull58]

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.

The name is traditionally written in English as Zurich, without the umlaut. It is pronounced /ˈzjʊərɪk/ ⓘ ZURE-ik.[13][14][15]

In German, the city name is written Zürich and pronounced [ˈtsyːrɪç] ⓘ. In the local dialect, the name is pronounced without the final consonant and with two short vowels, as Züri [ˈtsyri],