umlaut is in metal band names and IKEA. Both signify for...  ...ernity, and simplicity, while metal bands use the umlaut out of a sort of metal tradition to convey Teuton...  ...historian Arika Okrent explains the origin of the umlaut

Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss is for he...  ...ss is for heavy metal fans and spelling buffs. An umlaut is those two dots above a letter that find their...  ...d name? Difficulty: Some names don't even have an umlaut