The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoRules for thee, but not for me.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
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minus-squarecerement@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agocoöperate – 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 …
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoAs 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
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 …
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