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1. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2016 19:53:48 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
   ♻ @samnabi Someone's got to keep the archaic editorial choices alive: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-curse-of-the-diaeresis ¶ via #Twitter
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2016 20:00:43 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     • Today I Learned...
     !TIL I've been mispronouncing "diaeresis" - it's not like the medical condition…
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2016 20:10:21 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

     • Annah
     @maiyannah If the New Yorker wanted to eliminate all pronounciation ambiguity they should be writing the entire magazine in the International Phonetic Alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet