1647: Diacritics - Revision history

76.176.69.232: /* Explanation */ remove mention of the first vowel being a macron over the i; that's just how munroe writes the letter i lowercase

2026-01-11T13:53:06Z

‎Explanation: remove mention of the first vowel being a macron over the i; that's just how munroe writes the letter i lowercase

CalibansCreations: /* Explanation */

2025-02-28T13:32:34Z

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172.68.110.218: /* Explanation */ typo

2025-02-24T16:02:20Z

‎Explanation: typo

Kynde: /* Explanation */ ref to two more diacritical related comics

2025-02-22T18:09:46Z

‎Explanation: ref to two more diacritical related comics

FaviFake: Fixed broken link (was a redirect)

2023-05-22T10:31:47Z

Fixed broken link (was a redirect)

IJustWantToEditStuff: /* Explanation */

2022-09-17T03:11:03Z

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Kapostamas: ''Étendue'' written with an accent is not objectively erroneous, and citing Wiktionary favoring a particular variant is amateurish (the full meaning of ''résumé'', for example, is also only detailed under the headword ''resume'').

2022-08-14T23:09:32Z

''Étendue'' written with an accent is not objectively erroneous, and citing Wiktionary favoring a particular variant is amateurish (the full meaning of ''résumé'', for example, is also only detailed under the headword ''resume'').

Qoiuoiuoiu at 12:34, 11 June 2022

2022-06-11T12:34:01Z

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2022-05-26T20:02:06Z

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 Which reads (without the diacritics) as 'To invoke the hive mind representing chaos.'
-The first diacritic in the comic could be a macron over the ''i'' in "find". In English, this modifies a vowel to be "long". The second (or first) diacritic is the normal acute accent for the e in résumé, to make it an é which does belong in ''résumé''. However, the next diacritic he uses is an {{w|Umlaut (linguistics)|umlaut}} on the u making it into ü, which is not part of the word. ''Ü'' typically represents the {{w|close front rounded vowel}} /y/, pronounced similar to the <ee> in "See" but with rounded lips. Ü can be found in languages such as {{w|German language|German}} and {{w|Turkish language|Turkish}}; however,  in French ''ü'' is not used in this way since the diacritic-less ''u'' already represents this sound. German has a word spelt as ''Resümee'', but the meaning is not the same but rather conclusions or abstracts.
+The first diacritic is the normal acute accent for the e in résumé, to make it an é which does belong in ''résumé''. However, the next diacritic he uses is an {{w|Umlaut (linguistics)|umlaut}} on the u making it into ü, which is not part of the word. ''Ü'' typically represents the {{w|close front rounded vowel}} /y/, pronounced similar to the <ee> in "See" but with rounded lips. Ü can be found in languages such as {{w|German language|German}} and {{w|Turkish language|Turkish}}; however,  in French ''ü'' is not used in this way since the diacritic-less ''u'' already represents this sound. German has a word spelt as ''Resümee'', but the meaning is not the same but rather conclusions or abstracts.
 Cueball then goes all in on the last e which, like the first e, is supposed to have an acute accent. This e has a {{w|cedilla}} (as in ȩ), a {{w|Ring (diacritic)|ring}} (as in e̊), three acute accents, and is topped off by a {{w|breve}} (as in ĕ). In total, six  diacritics are used on this e alone.

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 In the title text "not my forté" is supposed to mean that it is not one of Randall's strength or talent. However, to obtain this meaning {{Wiktionary|forte}} should not have an acute diacritic over the e, thus proving Randall's point that it is not his forte to use diacritics. This is a form of {{w|hyperforeignism}}, where people spell loan words or use pronunciations that they believe is more faithful to the language it comes from instead of the "English" one, even though the "English" one is actually more correct. Due to its similarity with other words from French such as café, some people believe that forte is also spelled with a diacritic on the ending E (also note that the word was independently borrowed twice: from French as "a strength" and from Italian as a musical term. Neither usage requires diacritics).
-The title text may be a reference to the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article released a week before this comic, {{what if|145|Fire from moonlight}}, in which note 9 reads, "My résumé says étendue is my forté" (with the same error on "forte"). It is possible that noticing his mistake was the inspiration for this comic. (Note: ''{{w|étendue}}'', borrowed from French ''{{Wiktionary|étendue}}'' 'spread, expanse', refers to the extent of how much the light from a particular source “spreads out” by the time it reaches the target.)
+The title text may be a reference to the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article released a week before this comic, {{what if|145|Fire From Moonlight}}, in which note 9 reads, "My résumé says étendue is my forté" (with the same error on "forte"). It is possible that noticing his mistake was the inspiration for this comic. (Note: ''{{w|étendue}}'', borrowed from French ''{{Wiktionary|étendue}}'' 'spread, expanse', refers to the extent of how much the light from a particular source “spreads out” by the time it reaches the target.)
 If there actually has been someone who corrected Randall's mistake in the what if?, then there could be an extra pun hidden in the title. Those who criticized Randall's use of accents, would thus become dia''critics''!

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 If there actually has been someone who corrected Randall's mistake in the what if?, then there could be an extra pun hidden in the title. Those who criticized Randall's use of accents, would thus become dia''critics''!
-Comic [[1209: Encoding]] also references an absurd use of diacritics, and later a possible movie called ''Combining Diacritical Marks'' was mentioned in [[1857: Emoji Movie]], a direct reference to this comic. Diacritics is briefly mentioned in [[1957: 2018 CVE List]] and in [[3054: Scream Cipher]] diacritical marks are used as a chiper on the letter A.
+Comic [[1209: Encoding]] also references an absurd use of diacritics, and later a possible movie called ''Combining Diacritical Marks'' was mentioned in [[1857: Emoji Movie]], a direct reference to this comic. Diacritics is briefly mentioned in [[1957: 2018 CVE List]] and in [[3054: Scream Cipher]] diacritical marks are used as a cipher on the letter A.
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 If there actually has been someone who corrected Randall's mistake in the what if?, then there could be an extra pun hidden in the title. Those who criticized Randall's use of accents, would thus become dia''critics''!
-Comic [[1209: Encoding]] also references an absurd use of diacritics, and later a possible movie called ''Combining Diacritical Marks'' was mentioned in [[1857: Emoji Movie]], a direct reference to this comic.
+Comic [[1209: Encoding]] also references an absurd use of diacritics, and later a possible movie called ''Combining Diacritical Marks'' was mentioned in [[1857: Emoji Movie]], a direct reference to this comic. Diacritics is briefly mentioned in [[1957: 2018 CVE List]] and in [[3054: Scream Cipher]] diacritical marks are used as a chiper on the letter A.
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 In the title text "not my forté" is supposed to mean that it is not one of Randall's strength or talent. However, to obtain this meaning {{Wiktionary|forte}} should not have an acute diacritic over the e, thus proving Randall's point that it is not his forte to use diacritics. This is a form of {{w|hyperforeignism}}, where people spell loan words or use pronunciations that they believe is more faithful to the language it comes from instead of the "English" one, even though the "English" one is actually more correct. Due to its similarity with other words from French such as café, some people believe that forte is also spelled with a diacritic on the ending E (also note that the word was independently borrowed twice: from French as "a strength" and from Italian as a musical term. Neither usage requires diacritics).
-The title text may be a reference to the ''[[what if|what if?]]'' released a week before this comic, {{what if|145|Fire from moonlight}}, in which note 9 reads, "My résumé says étendue is my forté" (with the same error on "forte"). It is possible that noticing his mistake was the inspiration for this comic. (Note: ''{{w|étendue}}'', borrowed from French ''{{Wiktionary|étendue}}'' 'spread, expanse', refers to the extent of how much the light from a particular source “spreads out” by the time it reaches the target.)
+The title text may be a reference to the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article released a week before this comic, {{what if|145|Fire from moonlight}}, in which note 9 reads, "My résumé says étendue is my forté" (with the same error on "forte"). It is possible that noticing his mistake was the inspiration for this comic. (Note: ''{{w|étendue}}'', borrowed from French ''{{Wiktionary|étendue}}'' 'spread, expanse', refers to the extent of how much the light from a particular source “spreads out” by the time it reaches the target.)
 If there actually has been someone who corrected Randall's mistake in the what if?, then there could be an extra pun hidden in the title. Those who criticized Randall's use of accents, would thus become dia''critics''!