# Why is the umlaut the röck & rölliest accent of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992 "2013-12-10T17:01:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992/21 "2013-12-11T20:44:52Z")
I’d like to see the ø more frequently, but I suppose der majestik møøse is not really all that metal. ☹ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992/22 "2013-12-11T21:14:38Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > I’d like to see the ø more frequently, but I suppose der majestik møøse is not really all that metal. ☹ 😛 **Møøsefärt** would be pretty heavy. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992/23 "2013-12-11T21:44:58Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Is there a Metal band called _ **Ümlaüt** _? If there isn’t, there should be. I’m not sure, but [Lars Ümlaüt](http://guitarhero.wikia.com/wiki/Lars_%C3%9Cmla%C3%BCt) was one of the avatar characters in the Guitar Hero videogame series. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992/24 "2013-12-11T21:54:36Z")
I only know Deathmøle, which is sort of a fictional band become real. NB though, ø is the same sound as ö, but the latter is less cool, sorry Swedes and Icelanders. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992/25 "2013-12-19T14:57:19Z")
According to the episode of Cash Cab I saw last night, they’re so ubiquitous they’re called “rock dots.” Never heard that, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992/26 "2013-12-19T16:40:29Z")
It’s part of my name, so of COURSE it’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992/27 "2013-12-20T21:51:05Z")
Reminds me of a Tshirt I made myself once for an imaginary metal band: “Melödramatic Nöun Phrase.” (Mind you, møøse bites can be nastei.) (50 points to anyone who gets that.) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992/28 "2013-12-20T22:16:24Z")
And then there’s **Sigur Rós** , who lavishly pepper their song titles with accents and non-Latin characters (such as “Glósóli” and “Viðrar vel til loftárása”) just to make themselves sound exotic and eclectic. (yes, that’s whoosh) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992/29 "2013-12-20T22:38:22Z")
Pound for pound, Turkish and Finnish out-umlaut all the Germanic languages. I’m just sayin. What looks even more metal to me are the Hungarian umlaut accents, though strangely no one’s ever exploited them. Hőw abőűt these? ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992/30 "2013-12-22T00:09:54Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Is there a Metal band called _ **Ümlaüt** _? If there isn’t, there should be. Dibs on **Ün̈n̈ëcëssäry Ümläüts** as a band name! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992/31 "2013-12-22T03:18:59Z")
I’m a little disappointed nobody’s mentioned Deathtöngue yet. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992/32 "2013-12-22T05:47:28Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Die Ärzte are German, and so the umlaut there is part of the word. They’re more of a punk band, so to poke fun they added a third dot, which isn’t part of any typeset that I know of. They’ve been known to use just one as well. More importantly, zomg, somebody other than me knows of the best band nobody has ever heard of!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-umlaut-the-rock-rolliest-accent-of-all-time/675992.md?page=1)