Re: "Decorative diacritics" (Was: Re: "Kodak" )

caeruleancentaur wrote:

> remember a few years back one of the car manufacturers built a car
> they called the "Volaré," but the word was pronounced on the
> penultimate. I could not fathom why the word needed an acute accent!
>
> Charlie
>

I had one of those cars back in college - I don't recall ever seeing a
diacritical mark in any of the materials or logo. Coincidentally a
brother had the related Dodge Aspen - which we pronounced as though it
had a second s and a space after the original s.

Best,

Barry