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The letter is probably most commonly known for its use in the title of the [[List of fictional music groups|fictional band]] [[Spinal Tap (band)| |
The letter is probably most commonly known for its use in the title of the [[List of fictional music groups|fictional band]] [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spi{{Unicode|n̈}}al Tap]]. It is used as a parody of the [[heavy metal umlaut]] used gratuitously by several actual bands, namely [[Motörhead]], [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Hüsker Dü]] and the [[Blue Öyster Cult]]. |
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Revision as of 22:59, 20 September 2009
"N̈", or "n̈" (referred to as n-diaeresis) is grapheme from several minor extended Latin alphabets, the letter N with a diaeresis mark.
It occurs in the orthographies of Jacaltec (a Mayan dialect), and Malagasy, in both cases representing the velar nasal (/ŋ/ in IPA).
Encoding
The "N̈" appears in very few languages, and is thus not represented on any computer keyboards in any languages. It is also not available as an HTML entity.
Neither "N̈" nor "n̈" are characters in the Unicode character set, and have to be represented as a letter "N" (or "n") and combining diaeresis U+0308.
In popular culture
The letter is probably most commonly known for its use in the title of the fictional band Spin̈al Tap. It is used as a parody of the heavy metal umlaut used gratuitously by several actual bands, namely Motörhead, Mötley Crüe, Hüsker Dü and the Blue Öyster Cult.