Re: [libreoffice-users] two dots above the i in presentation.

At 00:56 13/03/2012 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
> The "absolutely" correct spelling of the word 
> naïve has the two dots, known in English as a 
> dieresis, or in German as an Umlaut, indicating 
> a change in sound, rather than a diphthong.

For what it's worth, the German for "diaeresis" 
appears to be "Trema".  The umlaut looks the 
same, but it's a different mark: it is an accent, 
whereas the diaeresis is (as you describe) also a diacritic but not an accent.

Brian Barker


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