alt Hacker NewsIt isn’t for all repeated vowels; only for when the 2 vowels don’t make a single sound. So “chicken coop” wouldn’t have a dieresis
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OJFord • today at 12:04 AM
Unless it was a chicken coöp... One of few cases it actually resolves an ambiguity!
Cthulhu_ • today at 12:27 PM
It's also to distinguish metal bands. Motörhead.
It would if the chickens formed a business structure that was owned and democratically controlled by its member-owners.