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Help[Opinions] It's a trema, not an umlaut
in reply to a message by Kit
The diacritic that looks like two little two dots are called a trema, not an umlaut. An umlaut is a specific usage of the trema, best known for its use in Germany. A trema mark can also be a diaeresis, which indicates that two letters are to be read separately. "Chloë" would be using a diaeresis.
Letters with tremas are also their own letters in some other languages (like in Finnish).
Letters with tremas are also their own letters in some other languages (like in Finnish).
This message was edited 6/24/2011, 11:18 AM
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