shoddy umlaut work

[TaurielTest]

Dear makers of Plum Baby cereal,
Müsli or Muesli. Not Müesli.
Tsk.
Picture evidence here

[SauerKraut]

Well, hactually, if I may say so, on my first ever visit to Pedants' Corner it was invented by Dr. Bircher, who was Swiss. And the Swiss write "Müesli". Or even "Birchermüesli".

[TaurielTest]

Blimey do they really? I sit corrected, thanks! I presumed it was just another an example of injudicious sprinkling of diacritics where they're not needed to lend an air of sophistication.

I do wonder why you get üe in Swiss German though - seems sort of tautological.

[Nontoxic]

Er - don't you stand corrected? (Claws back sense of superiority to cover up not understanding reference to diacritics).

[TaurielTest]

Well, I would, but I'm sitting down
Diacritics are just extra bits on letters (accents, hooks, dots, slashes) - and it always irks me when they're just added to make things exotic. cf Princess Tiáamii.
Shame I seem to have picked on a case when they seem to have known what they were about.