Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Diacritic humor

From the subject line, you don't need to ask, you know it's from the Onion:
Beyoncé to add three more accent marks to name
It's one of the teasers for a non-existent inside article, but I'm guessing Bèyóǹcé.

5 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:11 PM

    I think Béÿôncé looks rather elegant, myself. Or how about Bḝyoncḗ, which leaves plenty of room for future expansion by attaching all four diacritics to the two es?

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  2. Yes, a great deal depends on whether their "accent mark" can only refer to the acute and grave, or is a more general term for diacritic. If the latter, the possibilities are wide open.

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  3. Yeah, I actually pondered stretching a little, to include a circumflex, but q-pheevr has very stylish proposals, esp. the second one.

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  4. Anonymous7:26 PM

    Hell, guys, you missed one. Surely its ...


    Béÿôñcé

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  5. Anonymous7:26 PM

    or even .... ... Béÿôñçé

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