• El Barto@lemmy.world
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    Would the dieresis be placed on top of the s in lineöfsight? Or would it be for vowels only?

    Also, by your coöperative pronunciation example, people would be mispronouncing reëlect.

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      Also, by your coöperative pronunciation example, people would be mispronouncing reëlect.

      I’m not sure what you mean.

      It’s pronounced co-operative and re-elect. Coöp needs it to not sound lime “coop” as in chicken coop. Reëlect needs it to not sound like “reel” as in fishing reel.

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      It’s vowels only, and that’s funny. I hadn’t thought about it for my hypothetical “lineofsite” word.