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[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 66 points 5 months ago

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 …

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 44 points 5 months ago

Typesetters decided we hate accent marks

[-] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

The New Yorker would like to have a word.

[-] NucleusAdumbens@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

They throw umlauts around like they're going out of style

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Gotta use these things up guys

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Typesetters were right.

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