[Pritch]

My biggest problem is with the ö sound, we have nothing like it in English. A few times I have spoken German in my dreams and did very well.

Hi James
The closest in English is words with an 'e' at the end to make the vowel longer - say 'sam' and 'same' or 'ton' and 'tone'
It's very similar (good enough) when saying 'schon' and 'schön'
The umlaut is in any case like an invisible 'e' after the letter...