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

caeruleancentaur wrote:

> I 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!

Especially since the song "Volare" is well known.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...