Re: Love Those Double Vowels (was: Diving In...)
| From: | Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <irina@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 6, 2001, 8:36 |
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On Tuesday 06 November 2001 03:36, Herman Miller wrote:
> I just remembered, Dutch has "zeeeend" for "sea duck" (also spelled
> "zeeëend" or "zee-eend") (specifically, the genus _Melanitta_,
> "scoter" in English).
We're not allowed to spell it all in once piece with or without the
diaeresis any more, alas. In the new spelling it's "zee-eend". O
tempora, o mores.
Irina
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