Comment on Umlauts, Diaereses, and the New Yorker (2020)parentComments−CalRobert1yIn Dutch I appreciate the diaresis in zeeën and the like. Can’t think of an English example though.−maxdamantus1yMaybe "cooëeïng", though I don't think I've seen that written with diaereses (probably not a very common word, but it's a nice example of a long vowel letter sequence, and one that people from NZ/Australia should understand).−seszett1yNaïf... if you can call that English.−Symbiote1yIt's English. Naïve is more commonly known.Very few people would write the dots, but I wonder if that's more because they don't know how to type it than anything else.Here's a list: https://github.com/RichardLitt/diaeresis-word-list
Comments
In Dutch I appreciate the diaresis in zeeën and the like. Can’t think of an English example though.
Maybe "cooëeïng", though I don't think I've seen that written with diaereses (probably not a very common word, but it's a nice example of a long vowel letter sequence, and one that people from NZ/Australia should understand).
Naïf... if you can call that English.
It's English. Naïve is more commonly known.
Very few people would write the dots, but I wonder if that's more because they don't know how to type it than anything else.
Here's a list: https://github.com/RichardLitt/diaeresis-word-list