Why does zoe have an umlaut

I don't use umlauts or most other accents in my writing, not just because I'm lazy but because, as I've said, I think people should be able to pronounce words from context or just life. However, because I work in publishing, I often must use them, and I admit I delight in knowing all their names. Shall I list the most common accents? Is that your heart I hear beating wildly in anticipation? First is the acute accent, which looks like a line over a vowel that starts low and angles up to the right.

Here's an example:. Sorry, me. I'm afraid it's true, but don't let it stop you. The accent mark that goes the opposite way, i. Upside, there are no Legos in the gravenon-accent meaning. However, I'd prefer not to get caught in the rain. Thanks for all the comments. It's interesting to read other people thoughts. It's something I never even thought of until I choose the name! Can't find your answer? My dad asked the same question when we called our daughter chloe did it have dots over the e and it couldnt see the point really most typed correspondence doesn't have the dots and they arent really in common use any more.

Also agree with the point about typing out foreign characters, I know how to do it because I did a modern languages degree so know how to do it in Word, but most people won't.

I think Zoe without the two dots is perfectly correct in English. In answer to Ish99dgq. Fadas are easy - umlauts less so I suppose. Netmums-to-be The nub theory boy or girl??? Netmums-to-be Is this mucus plug or discharge? Netmums-to-be Did your pregnancy go fast or slow? My daughter has the dots above her 'e' umlaut on her birth certificate. It was the correct way to spell it otherwise it would be pronounced Zo. She is now 11 and for the past couple of years she had decided she hates the dots!

If you're in the U. I would spell it on the official birth certificate without the diaeresis, because a lot of forms don't recognize them anyway and it will complicate your life. You also will get a lot of people spelling it without regardless, because a lot of people don't even know how to type special characters on the keyboard. However, there's nothing stopping you from adding the diaeresis in unofficial contexts if you feel like it, since English speakers tend to think of accents as alphabet bling and not an actual spelling change.

I would probably put it on the birth certificate but accept that it will probably be dropped many places. I am doubtful that you'd have a hard time with some documents having the diaresis and others not; for exactly the alphabet bling reasons.

Jimi Oke Jimi Oke Wikipedia lists Zoe as "life" in Greek so your memory is well founded. Does your second statement refer to Chloe or Zoe? I meant Chloe is generally never spelled with the dieresis in modern [American] English. Yes, Chloe. There are a few here: en. But, yes, Mitch's answer above is excellent. Read that somewhere years ago—don't have sources to back that up now.

Have you ever been to a zoo? Why do you think they call it that? Or you could check the Internets MrHen MrHen Sarah Sarah 21 1 1 bronze badge. Decapitated Soul 16k 10 10 gold badges 68 68 silver badges bronze badges. Thomas Thomas 2 2 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. It used to be more popular.