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> diaresis It’s diaeresis. (Not sure if ‘ae’ can be replaced by the umlaut here.)

• 867-5309 4y ago
  in British English. the former perhaps intended the variant (or American) dieresis still, neither are diuresis, which nobody wants
  • lifeisstillgood 4y ago
    Just as there was a "slashdot effect", I think we should apply for an "HN Tangent" - the effects being something like whiplash to the brain as the discussion veers off in directions undreamt of. Thank you for enlightening me.
• fnord123 4y ago
  It's not ä but æ like in encyclopædia and archæology. British English generally simplified to ae. American English generally simplified to e. Wikipedia page has more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86 If diaeresis is too hard a word to deal with, we can just call it trema.