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different kinds of cheesecakes (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 26 points 4 months ago (1 child)

You need to in German because Umlaute are not accents but different characters.
They not only sound different, the words also mean different things.

schon is already
schön is pretty

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    There is the same issue in French that the lack of accent can change the meaning, so the French Academy does recommend putting accents on capitals. https://www.academie-francaise.fr/questions-de-langue#5_strong-em-accentuation-des-majuscules-em-strong

    Newspaper title "UN INTERNE TUE":

    • Un interne tue: medical intern kills
    • Un interne tué: medical intern killed
    • Un interné tue: institutionalized patient kills
    • Un interné tué: institutionalized patient killed

    Example from https://www.projet-voltaire.fr/ressources/accent-majuscules-capitales/

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I guess that's what I get for learning French during the age of typewriters (my formal French education ended in 1981 and I've only spoken --never written-- it since then).

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