Re: Wrenchs aren't idiots. Re: [CR] Rrrrruffles have Rrrrrridges was: SOMEC bike for sale

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From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: Wrenchs aren't idiots. Re: [CR] Rrrrruffles have Rrrrrridges was: SOMEC bike for sale
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 23:42:55 -0400

If anybody cares, the two little dots in "Ciöcc" are called a diaeresis, and signify that the two adjacent vowels are to be pronounced separately, rather than being joined as a diphthong.

This should not be confused with the similar looking German umlaut, which serves an entirely different function.

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