Re: Umlauts (was Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad)

Quoting John Cowan <jcowan@...>:

> > But the problem with calling the double-dot symbol diaeresis is that:
> > (a) it is not always used to denote diaeresis (the Germans, e.g. use
> > it to denote i-umlaut);
>
> Nevertheless, the standards community has adopted "diaeresis" as the general
> name, so we are stuck with it.  They also call the hacek "caron", and no one
> knows why.
What's the etymology of "caron", BTW?

                                                           Andreas

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