That was my understanding as well, but the post I was replying to had the slashed o in a first name along with the umlauted Moller surname in the same list.
> 
> At 10:46 PM 10/22/2006 +0400, you wrote:
> So is the o with a slash different in Danish from the o with an umlaut?
> AFIK they are equivalent in Norwegian. I know an old Dane could pronounce
> the name of our boat Gjo/a without a problem.
> 
> 
> It is my understanding that the umlauts were used in the "old writing"
> style replaced later by the oslash.
> see:
> http://users.cybercity.dk/~nmb3879/tree.html
> 

Rodney Myrvaagnes

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