@[email protected] to Ask Lemmy • edit-26 months agoPeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?message-square144fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down148file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squarePeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?@[email protected] to Ask Lemmy • edit-26 months agomessage-square144fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Cosmicomicallink5•6 months agoIt’s a dieresis, to let you know that the i is to be pronounced separately from the a.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫link3•6 months agoAre there any other words that have it though? Also if the english spelling were consistent you would not need the dieresis
minus-square@GamingChairModellink2•6 months agoThe New Yorker’s style guide requires markers for coöperate, coöpt, etc., but it’s non-standard outside of that one particular publication.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoI have seen coöperate, but it is certainly uncommon.
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
The New Yorker’s style guide requires markers for coöperate, coöpt, etc., but it’s non-standard outside of that one particular publication.
This would make a good t-shirt
I have seen coöperate, but it is certainly uncommon.