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JumpCrisscross | karma 145242 | avg karma 4.56 · 2022-05-12 10:17:24

> what benefits Orban

Orban’s party won reëlection. Orban is popular [1]. We can crib about disinformation and this or that, but holding Hungary accountable for his decisions is perfectly acceptable.

[1] https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-viktor-orban-europ...

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ebruchez | karma 242 | avg karma 2.37 · 2022-05-12 10:47:34

> reëlection

I love the use of the diaeresis.

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sangnoir | karma 15035 | avg karma 2.79 · 2022-05-12 11:45:55

They are snooty as hell, and I'll forever associate them with The New Yorker[1]. That said, I love them too! Now, if only we could do the same for awry and other words that trip up voracious readers.

1. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-curse-of-...

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gsinclair | karma 246 | avg karma 1.26 · 2022-05-12 16:39:30

They were once coming in English-language publications but now are seen in only The New Yorker, The Economist, and one other. Can anyone recall which?

eru | karma 30335 | avg karma 1.29 · 2022-05-13 01:31:33

Interestingly, they seem to survive most in naïve than in words like coöperate.

Co-operate is much more common than na-ive (which I've never seen). But both cooperate and naive seem reasonably well accepted.

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