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coöperate – we used to have a diaeresis on the second ‘o’ to indicate a second syllable (and to make it clear we weren’t talking about barrel making) but then we decided we hated accent marks …
65 0 ReplyTypesetters decided we hate accent marks
42 0 ReplyThe New Yorker would like to have a word.
11 0 ReplyThey throw umlauts around like they're going out of style
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As a German, it's a welcome change.
Imagine your head automatically pronouncing the "ö" of coöperate like this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_rounded_vowel
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the pain of being nordic/german, you're utterly incapable of taking anglophone metal albums seriously
"motörhead", yeah sure, mote 'er head
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bring back accent marks!!
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