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Diacritic

Postby Audiendus » Mon May 01, 2023 8:45 pm

diacritic

A mark (e.g. an accent, tilde, umlaut, cedilla, dot or macron) added to a letter in some languages, to indicate a particular pronunciation or stress.

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Re: Diacritic

Postby Slava » Tue May 02, 2023 6:13 am

I've always used diacritical mark, but this is quicker. I also expect them themselves to become more important in the future. As English develops, and "borrows" (steals?) foreign words, they will be needed to make them intelligible.
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