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by lalaithion 497 days ago
English isn’t set by a standards body; it’s designed by all of our little choices. And I think English is enhanced by the noble diaeresis, and diminished without it, so I will continue to write reëlect, reëvaluate, and coöperate.

And maybe perhaps the pronunciation of diaeresis would be clearer written diaëresis?

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> And maybe perhaps the pronunciation of diaeresis would be clearer written diaëresis?

Wouldn't diëresis be more correct? Now I'm curious how the New Yorker writes it.

I kind of wish we used a raised small dot: coׁordinate (smaller than an apostrophe)