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BigBill asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 year ago

Why are some English words spelled aërial or coördinate?

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  • Anonymous
    1 year ago
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    the diacritical mark you talk about is called a diaeresis (or trema) . It indicates that the vowel below it needs to be pronounced separately from the one preceding it.

    "coop" and "coöp" are different things

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Because that's how they are spelled. Why do Americans spell Aeroplane as  Airplane?

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    What's with the accent

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