@aral At some point before WWII, publishers seem to have said “fuck it, they’ll understand it without”
Reading: "Reëlection" - does English use the diaeresis? http://www.khakidoggy.com/post/14503963066/reelection-does-english-use-the-diaeresis … Via: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/07/george-zimmerman-not-guilty-blood-on-the-leaves.html?mbid=social_retweet?mbid=social_mobile_tweet …
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@jeff_lamarche Thanks :)
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@aral It's pretty much just the New Yorker's idiosyncratic style guide, isn't it? Makes me happy every time I see it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral You’d also find a hyphen used by some typesetters instead (re-enter) of the diaeresis because not all typesets had the diacriticalsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral it was usually found where the same vowel was used twice, but they were not meant to elide, like reenter.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral Not sure if American/English usage differs, but diaeresis were commonly used in legal and scholarly works up through maybe 1930sThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral what about naïve, café and other foreign words we use on a daily basis?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral not anymore, except for the New Yorker. It's a curious linguistic holdover from another era.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral No one writes müesli as is correct in Swiss german.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral I’d hyphenate it (re-election), probably causing a sub to sigh wearily.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral I think it's rare. Some put a '-' instead. More common in foreing names Möbius. Certainly not in reelection.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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