Umlauts, Diaereses, and the New Yorker (2020)

Re:Umlauts, Diaereses, and the New Yorker (2020) by lalaithion on Thursday January 30, 2025 @04:17PM (#42882272)

English isn’t set by a standards body; it’s designed by all of our little choices. And I think English is enhanced by the noble diaeresis, and diminished without it, so I will continue to write reëlect, reëvaluate, and coöperate.

And maybe perhaps the pronunciation of diaeresis would be clearer written diaëresis?

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Re:Umlauts, Diaereses, and the New Yorker (2020) by ahazred8ta on Thursday January 30, 2025 @07:46PM (#42883732)

I kind of wish we used a raised small dot: coׁordinate (smaller than an apostrophe)

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Re:Umlauts, Diaereses, and the New Yorker (2020) by jplrssn on Thursday January 30, 2025 @06:00PM (#42883096)

> And maybe perhaps the pronunciation of diaeresis would be clearer written diaëresis?

Wouldn't diëresis be more correct? Now I'm curious how the New Yorker writes it.

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