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Article #755English digraphs, diacritiacl marks
From: Dan Tilque;1893;92-789;LP=A;60HC
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1987 04:35
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1987 04:35
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Jean-Francois Lamy writes: > >Just by curiosity, a quick scan of my brain seems to indicate that English >would be the only European language not to use diacritical marks, digraphs, >or extra letters. (? - I mean something like the dutch "ij"). English contains many digraphs, it's just that none of them are pronounced the same in all words. (Example: ng in singer and finger.) BTW, I thought that the Dutch "ij" would be classified as a dipthong, but then I don't know Dutch so maybe I'm wrong. As for diacritical marks, a diaeresis (umlaut) used to be used when the the prefix on a word ended in the same vowel that the root started with. Examples: preempt and cooperation. The diaeresis was placed over the second vowel. The use of diaeresis never was universal and was largely discontinued well before computers although some dictionaries still include the form. Some older works will also have them (my copy of Sherlock Holmes has them). --- Dan Tilque dant@tekla.tek.com or dant@tekla.UUCP
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