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squareintheteeth (1028 words)
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Not surprisingly, perhaps, weirdnet got it wrong again. Diaeresis, or in U.S. spelling, dieresis, indicates that a vowel is to be pronounced separately and not as a diphthong, and in naïve. It's the umlaut (which looks like diaresis) that changes the quality of the vowel, as in Übermensch.
Ha!
Only if you don't spell it logorrhoea. Gosh, that spelling is gross.
Or even logorrhea, which I think is appropriately descriptive.
Or worse (somehow): diarrhoea.
Aww, I wish this word didn't make me think of diarrhea... :-(