When I was a teenager many decades ago I asked my mom who was my google - “Why do they use the two dots?” And my mom said “Because it’s pretentious. And The New Yorker is pretentious.”
Aren’t the umlauts even on the wrong letter? If it was accented, that would mean it was a long “eee” sound, so this would be pronounced reh-eeee-lehck-shun, wouldn’t it?
I can’t believe they are still doing that shit.
When I was a teenager many decades ago I asked my mom who was my google - “Why do they use the two dots?” And my mom said “Because it’s pretentious. And The New Yorker is pretentious.”
It doesn’t even make sense. English doesn’t have umlauts, and even if they’re pulling on its Germanic roots German doesn’t have an ‘e’ with an umlaut.
it’s a diaeresis for indicating the two es are seperate syllables.
I’m sorry comrade, but we need to shove you into the communal locker for possessing this nerd knowledge.
ё exists in Russian alphabet, ergo this poster is a Kremlin agent.
I like the two dots.
Aren’t the umlauts even on the wrong letter? If it was accented, that would mean it was a long “eee” sound, so this would be pronounced reh-eeee-lehck-shun, wouldn’t it?
I’m stealing somebody else’s comment…
In other words it’s confirming it’s pronounced re-election and not ree-lection.
but we already have that, it’s called “re-election”
these MFs really trying to fuck with the language and think we won’t notice.