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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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?
Wouldn't diëresis be more correct? Now I'm curious how the New Yorker writes it.
I kind of wish we used a raised small dot: coׁordinate (smaller than an apostrophe)