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From: D Yuniskis on 2 Mar 2010 09:26 Ignacio G. T. wrote: > El 01/03/2010 22:58, D Yuniskis escribi�: >> Hi, >> >> I do a lot of formal writing (specifications, manuals, etc.). >> >> And, I suspect much of my spelling, vocabulary, grammar, >> etc. traits have remained largely unchanged since grade >> school. :< >> >> Today, as I was trying to remember a keystroke sequence >> for an accented character in FrameMaker, I *conciously* >> noticed that I still automatically spell "naive" with a >> dieresis. > > Na�ve is the only word I spell with dieresis in English, because the > first time I saw it, it had one. It was in a song by Queen. Ha! I suspect none of my teachers learned it there (since they predated Queen's formation as a band). > Last week I saw the word 'nieve', and was perplexed until I got rid of > my Spanish mind and tried to think as an English-speaking person. Aha, > it's not 'snow', but 'na�ve'...
From: Boudewijn Dijkstra on 2 Mar 2010 10:15 Op Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:24:27 +0100 schreef D Yuniskis <not.going.to.be(a)seen.com>: > (can an umlaut be used on anything *other* than a vowel?) Only in heavy metal: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/Spinal_Tap_logo.jpg -- Gemaakt met Opera's revolutionaire e-mailprogramma: http://www.opera.com/mail/ (remove the obvious prefix to reply by mail)
From: Nial Stewart on 2 Mar 2010 10:56 > Last week I saw the word 'nieve', and was perplexed until I got rid of my Spanish mind and tried > to think as an English-speaking person. Aha, it's not 'snow', but 'na�ve'... I've also seen my daughter's name "Niamh" spelt like that. Bloomin Americans. Nial
From: Nial Stewart on 2 Mar 2010 11:55 Sorry forgot the > Bloomin Americans :-)
From: Stefan Reuther on 2 Mar 2010 12:49
D Yuniskis wrote: > Frank-Christian Kr�gel wrote: >> Am 01.03.2010 22:58, schrieb D Yuniskis: >>> Today, as I was trying to remember a keystroke sequence >>> for an accented character in FrameMaker, I *conciously* >>> noticed that I still automatically spell "naive" with a >>> dieresis. >> >> Oh, we like using them. Just look at my sig. :-) > > Yes, but an umlaut changes the sound of the vowel > whereas a dieresis causes the vowel to be pronounced as > another syllable. Unicode makes no difference between the two cases :) > (can an umlaut be used on anything *other* than a vowel?) Unicode has � (U+00FF) and CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ZHE WITH DIARERESIS (U+04DD); the bases of both are not vowels as far as I know... Stefan (who usually uses a hyphen to separate ambiguous words, because it also works for other kinds of ambiguities) |