Citations:röck döts

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Noun: "(informal, humorous) heavy metal umlauts"

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  • 2004 July 28, igor eduardo k pfer, “Re: News from July 26, 2004 ”, in rec.sport.basketball.pro (Usenet):
    Thëy äre cällëd ümläüts --ÄKÄ röck döts.
  • 2005 — Michael Dwyer, "The full Mötley", The Age, 2 December 2005:
    In the world of heavy metal, the umlaut - otherwise known as röck döts - is the ultimate illustration of Spinal Tap's dictum that there's a fine line between clever and stupid.
  • 2006 — Björn Türoque (pen name of Dan Crane), To Air Is Human: One Man's Quest to Become the World's Greatest Air Guitarist, Riverhead Books (2006), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    I imagine I'd be seeing a lot of metal tonight, so why not go for an obscure eighties punk song? Plus, Hüsker Dü = dual röck döts!
  • 2010 October 15, peer mankpoot, “Re: Hon my way to Georgia?”, in alt.usage.english, sci.lang (Usenet):
    So, after the metal umlaut (röck döts) we now also have the bluegrass aitch.
  • 2011 April 2, David Sandborg, “BGE notes”, in rec.roller-coaster (Usenet):
    Incidentally, the official spelling of the name appears to be Mäch Tower--complete with "röck döts" umlaut.
  • 2012 February 9, James Hogg, “Re: Dotted capital I”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
    You mean they're not just for decoration, like röck döts?
  • 2015, Bernd Kappenberg, Setting Signs for Europe: Why Diacritics Matter for European Integration, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 99:
    Diacritics are not folkloristic or moribund relics of European language culture that must give way to the dominance of English spelling sooner or later: the appearance of heavy metal umlauts aka "röck döts" has long been known (1969). It is a special form of foreign branding.