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ainch
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Great piece. And a good excuse to read up on the use of diaeresis in English (eg. coördination, reëlection) to distinguish repeated vowels - I hadn't seen the New Yorker's usage before.
goodoldneon
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It isn’t for all repeated vowels; only for when the 2 vowels don’t make a single sound. So “chicken coop” wouldn’t have a dieresis
stavros
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It would if the chickens formed a business structure that was owned and democratically controlled by its member-owners.
goodoldneon
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Great point :D
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That, is likely co-op.
satvikpendem
22 days ago
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That's the joke.
OJFord
22 days ago
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Unless it
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a chicken coöp... One of few cases it actually resolves an ambiguity!
Cthulhu_
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It's also to distinguish metal bands. Motörhead.
mplanchard
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They also prefer some less common spellings. For instance, just noticed “vender” instead of “vendor” in an article this morning.
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