Dots over the "o" in Schon
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I met a Schon dealer in Louisville one year and asked him about the pronunciation, and he told me that it should be pronounced as "SHONE."
As an American, I've always heard it referred to as "SHON."
JAM
Edit: Just wanted to see if I could insert the double dots: Schön! Hey, I did it!
As an American, I've always heard it referred to as "SHON."
JAM
Edit: Just wanted to see if I could insert the double dots: Schön! Hey, I did it!
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The word "schön" (with and without the umlaut) is rather enigmatic to non-German speaking Americans (which I am one).
I've researched this before and ended up concluding that the word "schön" (with the umlaut) means "beautiful" and is pronounces as "shern". This is surely the meaning the founder of the Schon company wanted to employ.
In actuality, when typing German, if umlaut letters are not available, the proper way is to replace them with the underlying vowel and a following <e>. So, for example, "Schröder" becomes "Schroeder". As the pronunciation differs greatly between the normal letter and the umlaut, simply omitting the dots is considered incorrect.
The word "schon" (without the umlaut) means "already"...quite a difference that little umlaut makes.
Over time, Schön (the company) may have realized the importance of maintaining the umlauts. Their product seems to reflect that as they stress the umlauts on their shafts now.
EDIT: I took to long to type...the above poster beat me to it!
I've researched this before and ended up concluding that the word "schön" (with the umlaut) means "beautiful" and is pronounces as "shern". This is surely the meaning the founder of the Schon company wanted to employ.
In actuality, when typing German, if umlaut letters are not available, the proper way is to replace them with the underlying vowel and a following <e>. So, for example, "Schröder" becomes "Schroeder". As the pronunciation differs greatly between the normal letter and the umlaut, simply omitting the dots is considered incorrect.
The word "schon" (without the umlaut) means "already"...quite a difference that little umlaut makes.
Over time, Schön (the company) may have realized the importance of maintaining the umlauts. Their product seems to reflect that as they stress the umlauts on their shafts now.
EDIT: I took to long to type...the above poster beat me to it!
Hidden symbols in your keyboard
Hidden symbols in your keyboard
Press and hold the 'Alt' key and then the numbers 0246 then release the 'Alt' key.
You shoul get the " ö " or for the capitol version the numbers 0214 for " Ö "
Lots of good ones to know..
Temp symbol 0186 = º
Half 0189 = ½
three quarter 0190 = ¾
one quarter 0188 ¼
copyright 0169 = ©
registered 0174 = ®
Hidden symbols in your keyboard
Press and hold the 'Alt' key and then the numbers 0246 then release the 'Alt' key.
You shoul get the " ö " or for the capitol version the numbers 0214 for " Ö "
Lots of good ones to know..
Temp symbol 0186 = º
Half 0189 = ½
three quarter 0190 = ¾
one quarter 0188 ¼
copyright 0169 = ©
registered 0174 = ®
Yeah I knew the meaning of Schön from taking German in High School/College. Most people do not pronounce it properly but what can you do. My second cue was a Schön Ltd and was a pretty cue.
I also know the secret keys. I like typing this one for a face. ô¿ô
alt 147, alt 168, alt 147
I also know the secret keys. I like typing this one for a face. ô¿ô
alt 147, alt 168, alt 147
Heyalex40 said:
Mine in '97 had umlauts...not sure when it changed to/from that.
Heyalex40 said:
I had a Schon made in 1988 when Bob Runde was still there and it did have the emulat
JAM said:
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In Germany, as you said, it's close to 'shern."steev said:
I've said this before, and I guess I'll keep saying it until I'm blue. One of the reasons there's a discussion on how it's pronounced by the company is because they do pronounced it like Shawn. But here's the big kicker that people who don't travel or might not pay attention: Shawn is pronounced so different in different parts of the country. It's no coincidence that almost all the ways people pronounce Schön are also all the ways people pronounce Shawn.
Fred <~~~ pronounces it like Shawn
Cornerman said:
I stopped by their shop to have them i dentify a couple early cues once and Evan prononounced it with a long O like the word scone, I've been saying it that way ever since.
LOL!!! When I called him for an interview, he clearly (clear to me, LOL!!) said it with a short o. That's what I'm talking about. We all hear it and say it however our brains decipher it.magnetardo said:I stopped by their shop to have them i dentify a couple early cues once and Evan prononounced it with a long O like the word scone, I've been saying it that way ever since.
Fred
Schon cues
As far as I know, cues that contain the umlaats(dots), were made when Bob Runde, one of the founders, was with Schon cues. They chaged it when he sold his share of the company back to Terry Romine. The reason I know this is because I used to live in Milwaukee and used to work in Romine's pool room, before Schon Cues got too big for the back room and moved to their own location.
As far as I know, cues that contain the umlaats(dots), were made when Bob Runde, one of the founders, was with Schon cues. They chaged it when he sold his share of the company back to Terry Romine. The reason I know this is because I used to live in Milwaukee and used to work in Romine's pool room, before Schon Cues got too big for the back room and moved to their own location.
Cornerman said:
Funny stuff, he id'd a cue one time, same cue 3 times for 3 different people gave 3 different model numbers. Weird.