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arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkBiden is unpopular? Must be TikTok brainwashing our youth with Hamas propagandawww.reddit.comwombat [none/use name]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareradio_free_asgarthr [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·4 months agoSorry, but my immediate question is why is there an umlaut in reëlection?
minus-squareWater Bowl SlimelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·4 months agoIt’s a dieresis and it marks that you should pronounce a vowel separately. Like how naïve is pronounced like nigh-eve instead of knave. Very, very douchey to use it on normal words though
minus-squareadultswim_antifa [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·4 months agoIt’s technically a valid spelling of reelection and the New Yorker does this with other words as well. I think it’s pretentious.
minus-squareFlyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoI just think it’s hilarious that their readership needs to be reminded how to pronounce reelection.
minus-squareilyenkov [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 months agoThey used to do that with repeat vowels for a bit like 100 years ago (like coöperation), and for some reason these people are still at it
minus-squareMaoo [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 months agoTo give a certain kind of liberal arts major a feeling of legitimacy that is otherwise sorely lacking.
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agodeleted by creator
Sorry, but my immediate question is why is there an umlaut in reëlection?
It’s a dieresis and it marks that you should pronounce a vowel separately. Like how naïve is pronounced like nigh-eve instead of knave. Very, very douchey to use it on normal words though
It’s technically a valid spelling of reelection and the New Yorker does this with other words as well. I think it’s pretentious.
I just think it’s hilarious that their readership needs to be reminded how to pronounce reelection.
They used to do that with repeat vowels for a bit like 100 years ago (like coöperation), and for some reason these people are still at it
To give a certain kind of liberal arts major a feeling of legitimacy that is otherwise sorely lacking.
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