“If you’re familiar with German, you may have mistaken it for an umlaut since they look the same. The diaeresis’ job in English is to show that the second vowel is treated as a second syllable. Think of the long E in ‘Chloë,’ for example, the second O in ‘coöperate,’ or the I in ‘naïve.’ #diaeresis
@grammargirl via @shadychars
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/what-is-a-diaeresis-and-why-do-we-use-it/

So I started using diaereses a while back. It's much easier these days to use alternate forms of letters due to better UI of smart phone keyboards over traditional computer keyboards in Windows. You don't have to reënter letters or hunt down ALT codes. You just long press the letter's button and get several choices. For the "e" used in the previous sentence, the choices are ē, ê, è, é and of course ë.
https://youtu.be/p6KHDrqodjk

#englishlanguage #grammar #diaeresis #strangethings