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How to type U with two dots above? You can write a Latin letter u with two dots in different ways. To do this, you need to copy it. The source can be this page. Word has a special command — insert character. Also, you can use ALT key. Select the desired keyboard layout. Turn On Num Lock. The two dots are called a trema. An Umlaut pronounced UM-Lout is the German name for it. This can be typed by pressing and holding the alt button then the U key on your keyboard.
I have a relation who has named their child Zoe, on the grounds that “in English we don’t use the dots”, but they pronounce it like the second version.Of course I don’t want to argue that’s not the point, but in Continental Europe where I live, the dots mean that the letter should be pronounced. Think Dutch and German, and the second spelling is as far as I can see universally accepted, even in English otherwise the first spelling would rhyme with Joe.What are the origins of the name, and should the dots be used in English too?. The correct spelling is whatever the parents say it is. The correct spelling is whatever the child says it is. The correct spelling is whatever the generally accepted social surroundings says it is.Sometimes these are different.For the name under consideration, in the US, Zoe (without the diaeresis) is the majority choice (for all three). So you spell it different where you you’re from?
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Neat.But surely the American version is from the European version, explicitly dropping the strange (to Americans) diaeresis.
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