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Some common types ofdiacritical marks:
• acute accent ( , )
• ring 1 above ( 0) used for angstrom (/;), aka krouzek
• breve (Y )
• caron orhacek (V)
• cedilla ( . )
• circumflex ( A )
• umlaut' or diaeresis ( .. )
• double acute accent ( N)
• grave accent ( , )
• macron (-)
• ogonek ( L)
• spiritus asper
• spiritus lenis
1/ Strictly taken not diacritics but parts ofthe character.
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Look for Misspellings (Intentional or Accidental)
I am constantly amazed by the frequency of misspelled words, uris, file names, etc.,
I encounter on the Internet. By far, most appear to be simple mistakes, often made
by non-English speakers trying to cope with our confusing language. These
mistakes tend to propagate as users copy and paste them again and again, which is
what I believe happened here:
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