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Re:The German Mittelstand by AdamN on Monday August 10, 2026 @04:22AM (#49240867)
The New Yorker has a whole style guide. Most people aren't writing "née" or "reëlected" very often but the New Yorker keeps those formats and even has a custom typeface.

Yes em-dashes are real but aside from a few NY-based magazines with real editors, writers aren't actually using them very much. I'm a bit sad because I like using them and now I think twice before doing so in case it is misinterpreted as an AI signature.

Re:The German Mittelstand by robocat on Monday August 10, 2026 @06:26AM (#49241821)
Also people are generally more aware of the American-English usage of them. The UK (and splitters) uses them differently, as do non-English languages.