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The New Yorker's convention regarding the use of the diaeresis is the Charles II of Spain of editorial guidelines.

• dhosek 6y ago
  As an undergrad, thanks to TeX making the dieresis readily accessible, I was fond of its use. I remember someone commenting that my writing "coördinates" with a dieresis made him want to pronounce it as if he were Inspector Clouseau.
  • peteretep 6y ago
    iPhone keyboard makes it very easy too — just press and hold the appropriate vowel
    • dhosek 6y ago
      In the 80s, unless you had a special keyboard, typing diacriticalized characters was difficult at best.
• 082349872349872 6y ago
  My wife's fashion sense is put-together with a "Stilbruch." I guess I should ask her about it specifically, but I've always taken it to be fashion-punk, to "épater la bourgeoisie" by demonstrating that although it would be within one's means to match the entire ensemble, one is not so herd-bound as to actually do so. Compare sprezzatura.