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Great piece. And a good excuse to read up on the use of diaeresis in English (eg. coördination, reëlection) to distinguish repeated vowels - I hadn't seen the N
by ainch 6mo ago
Great piece. And a good excuse to read up on the use of diaeresis in English (eg. coördination, reëlection) to distinguish repeated vowels - I hadn't seen the New Yorker's usage before.
- goodoldneon 6mo agoIt isn’t for all repeated vowels; only for when the 2 vowels don’t make a single sound. So “chicken coop” wouldn’t have a dieresis
- OJFord 6mo agoUnless it was a chicken coöp... One of few cases it actually resolves an ambiguity!
- stavros 6mo agoIt would if the chickens formed a business structure that was owned and democratically controlled by its member-owners.
- o0-0o 6mo agoThat, is likely co-op.
- satvikpendem 6mo agoThat's the joke.
- goodoldneon 6mo agoGreat point :D
- Cthulhu_ 6mo agoIt's also to distinguish metal bands. Motörhead.
- mplanchard 6mo agoThey also prefer some less common spellings. For instance, just noticed “vender” instead of “vendor” in an article this morning.