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Re:Your emails may reveal text hidden in Microsoft Word by ygra on Saturday February 01, 2014 @03:20PM (#7163214)
The diaeresis in this context is not an Umlaut. It has similar roots as on ï which comes from French, I think. While äöü in German are letters with distinct sounds, the diaeresis on vowels in English usage signifies a short pause before that vowel.
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