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From: cet1@cl.cam.ac.uk (C.E. Thompson)
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Subject: Re: naive (...question about uncial...)
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.212555.23142@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Date: 26 Apr 91 21:25:55 GMT
References: <1991Apr24.152455.22367@engage.enet.dec.com> <1991Apr24.180811.1957@ico.isc.com>
Reply-To: cet1@cl.cam.ac.uk (C.E. Thompson)
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In article <1991Apr24.180811.1957@ico.isc.com> rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
>I'd answered in mail, but since this has come up in a couple of postings...
>
>davis@3d.enet.dec.com (Peter Davis) writes:
>> The two dots over a letter are called an umlaut.
>
>Strictly, the mark is called a dieresis.  ...

Strictly, "dieresis" is an americanism. Those of who spell proper call it
a diaeresis. I have to admit that we pronounce it "di-eresis", though.

Chris Thompson
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