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The New Yorker uses umlauts on some English words on which I'm not used to seeing them. It's legitimate, just very uncommon, and I thought I'd share.
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Date: 2005-10-13 09:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iambic-cub.livejournal.com
Wow - I'm guessing that some editor's suppressed desire to dot her 'i's with hearts and happy faces has resurfaced as uppity umlaut use.

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