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PyWoody 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: A Brazilian special-forces unit fighting to save t...

Their explanation

  > And yet we use the diaeresis for the same reason that we use the hyphen: to keep the cow out of co-workers[0]

[0] https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-curse-of-...

PartiallyTyped 7 months ago | [–]

I suppose to also keep the meow out of the homeöwner (ho-meow-ner)

schoen 7 months ago | | [–]

This feels ripe for an aphorism like "you can take the cat out of the home, but you can't take the meow out of the homeowner"!

DFHippie 7 months ago | [–]

When I see "coworkers" I always think "cow-orkers". I don't know what orking is. It should be a thing.

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