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OT but as a German-speaking reader of the New Yorker this abuse of the Umlaut has been making me irrationally angry for decades. But it’s a nice reminder that
by biztos 6y ago
OT but as a German-speaking reader of the New Yorker this abuse of the Umlaut has been making me irrationally angry for decades. But it’s a nice reminder that if you want to, I dunno, capitalize only the word “Dog” and end every sentence in a comma, you might want to own a magazine, Dog,
- pdw 6y agoThe diaeresis is unrelated to the umlaut though, it's a notation borrowed from old Greek. It never quite caught on in English, but it's part of the standard orthography of many other languages.
- elcapitan 6y agoLike French, where it's fairly typical.
- goto11 6y agoIt has nothing to do with a German umlaut. It is a diaeresis, and its use in English is perfectly valid (if uncommon). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeresis_(diacritic)#English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeresis_(diacritic)#English