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[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago (2 children)

reëlection

I can't believe they are still doing that shit.

When I was a teenager many decades ago I asked my mom who was my google - "Why do they use the two dots?" And my mom said "Because it's pretentious. And The New Yorker is pretentious."

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It doesn't even make sense. English doesn't have umlauts, and even if they're pulling on its Germanic roots German doesn't have an 'e' with an umlaut.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

it's a diaeresis for indicating the two es are seperate syllables.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

I'm sorry comrade, but we need to shove you into the communal locker for possessing this nerd knowledge. snipes-hesitation

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

ё exists in Russian alphabet, ergo this poster is a Kremlin agent.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I like the two dots.