TIL that The New Yorker spells "coördinated" with an umlaut over the second o. (Is this the only word in American English with an umlaut?)
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@danothebeach “Coöperate” should have one as well, if we’re following a rule.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@danothebeach Sure. It’s just a diaeresis, to indicate that two vowels are pronounced independently rather than as a diphthong.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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@danothebeach They’re not often taught. My first encounter was in an Advanced Algebra text published in the 60’s (“coördinates”).
5:53 PM - 11 Mar 2014
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