The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoRules for thee, but not for me.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1946arrow-down127
arrow-up1919arrow-down1imageRules for thee, but not for me.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarecerement@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67arrow-down1·5 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-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·5 months agoTypesetters decided we hate accent marks
minus-squareTempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoThe New Yorker would like to have a word.
minus-squareNucleusAdumbens@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoThey throw umlauts around like they’re going out of style
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoGotta use these things up guys
minus-squareyetAnotherUserlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 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
minus-squareSwednecklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agothe pain of being nordic/german, you’re utterly incapable of taking anglophone metal albums seriously “motörhead”, yeah sure, mote 'er head
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 …
Typesetters decided we hate accent marks
The New Yorker would like to have a word.
They throw umlauts around like they’re going out of style
Gotta use these things up guys
Typesetters were right.
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
röck döts
the pain of being nordic/german, you’re utterly incapable of taking anglophone metal albums seriously
“motörhead”, yeah sure, mote 'er head
bring back accent marks!!