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New Yorker Diaeresis
The New Yorker routinely uses diaeresis (diaereses?) in its copy.
It strikes me as non-standard, but is it wrong?
Is this something archaic that is hanging on by a thread, something that might be making a comeback or merely a house style affectation peculiar to this magazine? Do other AmE publications go in for it?
It strikes me as non-standard, but is it wrong?
Is this something archaic that is hanging on by a thread, something that might be making a comeback or merely a house style affectation peculiar to this magazine? Do other AmE publications go in for it?
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) in its copy. It strikes me as non-standard, but is it wrong? Is ...
- ) in its copy.
- It strikes me as non-standard, but is it wrong?
- Is ...
- a comeback or merely a house style affectation peculiar to this magazine?
- [/nq] I thought it was standard in the US; I've seen it (eg.
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[nq:1]The New Yorker routinely uses diaeresis (diaereses?) in its copy. It strikes me as non-standard, but is it wrong? Is ... a comeback or merely a house style affectation peculiar to this magazine? Do other AmE publications go in for it?[/nq]
I thought it was standard in the US; I've seen it (eg. coöperation) in US school textbooks.
Adrian
I thought it was standard in the US; I've seen it (eg. coöperation) in US school textbooks.
Adrian
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[nq:2]The New Yorker routinely uses diaeresis (diaereses?) in its copy. ... this magazine? Do other AmE publications go in for it?[/nq]
[nq:1]I thought it was standard in the US; I've seen it (eg. co=F6peration) in =US school textbooks.[/nq]
I don't think it's been standard since 1960 or so. I have seen it in AmE material from the late 'Fifties, however.
[nq:1]I thought it was standard in the US; I've seen it (eg. co=F6peration) in =US school textbooks.[/nq]
I don't think it's been standard since 1960 or so. I have seen it in AmE material from the late 'Fifties, however.
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[nq:2]The New Yorker routinely uses diaeresis (diaereses?) in its copy. ... this magazine? Do other AmE publications go in for it?[/nq]
[nq:1]I thought it was standard in the US; I've seen it (eg. coöperation) in US school textbooks.[/nq]
I don't think it's been standard since 1960 or so. I have seen it in AmE material from the late 'Fifties, however.
(That's odd. No chevrons next to y
[nq:1]I thought it was standard in the US; I've seen it (eg. coöperation) in US school textbooks.[/nq]
I don't think it's been standard since 1960 or so. I have seen it in AmE material from the late 'Fifties, however.
(That's odd. No chevrons next to y
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[nq:2]I thought it was standard in the US; I've seen it (eg. coöperation) in US school textbooks.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think it's been standard since 1960 or so. I have seen it in AmE material from the late 'Fifties, however.[/nq]
This reminds me of something I've often mulled over: when did "connexion" fall out of common use?
Burchfield records that at
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[nq:2]I don't think it's been standard since 1960 or so. I have seen it in AmE material from the late 'Fifties, however.[/nq]
[nq:1]This reminds me of something I've often mulled over: when did "connexion" fall out of common use? Burchfield records that ... the fight and abandoned its preference for "connexion"; but the latest examples I can recall seeing were in inter-war novels.[/nq]
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[nq:1]This reminds me of something I've often mulled over: when did "connexion" fall out of common use? Burchfield records that ... the fight and abandoned its preference for "connexion"; but the latest examples I can recall seeing were in inter-war novels.[/nq]
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[nq:2]I thought it was standard in the US; I've seen it (eg. co=F6peration) i=n US school textbooks.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think it's been standard since 1960 or so. I have seen it in AmE material from the late ... were old books. From USAF bases. Anyway, this b=egs the question: who decided that it would no longer be used?[/nq]
Maybe some guy named Cooper?
[nq:1]I don't think it's been standard since 1960 or so. I have seen it in AmE material from the late ... were old books. From USAF bases. Anyway, this b=egs the question: who decided that it would no longer be used?[/nq]
Maybe some guy named Cooper?
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[nq:1]The New Yorker routinely uses diaeresis (diaereses?) in its copy. It strikes me as non-standard, but is it wrong?[/nq]
As long as they don't put umlauts over the letter 'n', they are fine.
As long as they don't put umlauts over the letter 'n', they are fine.
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