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It’s used to signal when you have a pair of the same letters but the second has a different pronunciation. So “deer” has two e’s but no umlaut because they mak
by lovich 3y ago
It’s used to signal when you have a pair of the same letters but the second has a different pronunciation.
So “deer” has two e’s but no umlaut because they make the same sound but “coördinate” has the umlaut since the second o is a new sound.
I personally like them and wish they would come back if only as a small push back against the horrific ambiguity that is the English language
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- meepmorp 3y ago> It’s used to signal when you have a pair of the same letters but the second has a different pronunciation. That's a somewhat naïve take.
- simiones 3y agoAs far as I understand, it's actually used to indicate a hiatus instead of a diphtong. E.g. naïvety is meant to indicate that aï are part of different syllables and shouldn't be pronounced in the same syllable, just like the oö in coördinate.