x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agoPeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?message-squaremessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down145file-text
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squarePeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agomessage-square144fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCosmicomical@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoIt’s a dieresis, to let you know that the i is to be pronounced separately from the a.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoAre there any other words that have it though? Also if the english spelling were consistent you would not need the dieresis
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI have seen coöperate, but it is certainly uncommon.
minus-squareGamingChairModel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoThe New Yorker’s style guide requires markers for coöperate, coöpt, etc., but it’s non-standard outside of that one particular publication.
It’s a dieresis, to let you know that the i is to be pronounced separately from the a.
Are there any other words that have it though? Also if the english spelling were consistent you would not need the dieresis
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I have seen coöperate, but it is certainly uncommon.
The New Yorker’s style guide requires markers for coöperate, coöpt, etc., but it’s non-standard outside of that one particular publication.