1647: Diacritics

2016-02-24T10:21:06Z

162.158.152.131: /* Transcript */ removed "to" from "three"

{{comic
| number = 1647
| date = February 24, 2016
| title = Diacritics
| image = diacritics.png
| titletext = Using diacritics correctly is not my forté.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|First draft. Add more details on the use of diacritics.}}

A {{w|diacritic}} (or a diacritical mark) is a {{w|glyph}} added to a letter. The main use of diacritical marks in the {{w|latin script}} is to change the sound-values of the letters to which they are added, typically a vowel.

[[Cueball]] is writing an e-mail (maybe for a job application) and notes in the mail that he attaches his {{w|résumé}}. The word ''résumé'' uses two e's with an {{w|acute accent}} so they look like this: é.

Cueball/[[Randall]] usually forget to add these '''diacritics''' (hence the title of the comic). So when he occasionally remember them, for instance when he types a word where he knows they should be included, then he make up for all those he must have forgotten until now, and add a whole bunch at once.

The first diacritic he uses is the normal acute accent for the e to make it an é which does belong in ''résumé''. But the second diacritic he uses is a {{w|Diaeresis (diacritic)|diaeresis}} (or umlaut) on the u making it into ü, which is not part of the word. (Although in French the U is pronounced like a Y, which is also the sound of an Ü).

He then goes all in on the last e which similar to the first e is supposed to have an acute accent. This e has a {{w|cedilla}} (which normally looks like ȩ), a {{w|Ring (diacritic)|ring}} (as in e̊ ), three acute accents, and is topped off by a {{w|breve}} (which normally look like ĕ). In total 6 diacritics are used on this e alone. Using more than one diacritic on one letter can happen, but usually only two ( for example ṏ). Using them in this fashion makes little sense.

To make sure everyone gets it, there are no less than three acute accents over the last full stop. This is not something that is ever used.

So for a word that is supposed to have two diacritics Cueball uses 8 plus 3 for the full stop.

In the title text, {{w|forte}} has a diacritic over the e, where it does not belong proving Randall's point that it is not ''hís forte to ûsë dïäcrítìcs''.

==Transcript==
:[Cueball sitting in front of his lap top tying. The text above him is the one he is typing. The last e in resume has five diacritics above it and one below. The last "." has three "´" above it:]
:Cueball (typing): Attached please find my résümȩ̊́́́́̆.́́́

:[Caption below the frame:]
:I usually leave out diacritics when I type, so I make up for it by occasionally adding a whole bunch at once.

{{comic discussion}}

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Talk:1627: Woosh

2016-01-09T11:12:16Z

162.158.152.131:

Looking for a joke that isn't there sounds a lot like [http://xkcd.com/559 xkcd.com/559]. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.140|162.158.2.140]] 05:43, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
::Woooosh! [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.181|108.162.245.181]] 05:48, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

::::Woosh

::::::'''Woof''' ''(Guess my bot still needs some work)'' [[Special:Contributions/162.158.153.131|162.158.153.131]] 08:41, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

If it was a joke video that was never meant to be real to begin with and the commenter didn't realize this, then woosh would actually make sense [[User:Figvh|Figvh]] ([[User talk:Figvh|talk]])

:Woosh[[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.65|173.245.56.65]] 10:32, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Probably in reaction to a video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEI-iDxfj0M] that gained notoriety this week and raised a big discussion whether is was spontaneous or enacted.
[[User:Duartix|Duartix]] ([[User talk:Duartix|talk]]) 11:16, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Of course bots that auto-reply to comments can have problems of their own. Let Reddit's [http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/925/182/df3.png lolpenisbot] be a cautionary tale.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.152.203|162.158.152.203]] 21:26, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

This comic seems to promote the same behaviour that he criticizes in [https://xkcd.com/481/ xkcd.com/481], [https://xkcd.com/810/ xkcd.com/810], [https://xkcd.com/1258/ xkcd.com/1258], and i'm sure others. I've seen a great deal of 'wooshing' in the past couple days, hopefully this disservice to the internet doesn't last.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.152.131|162.158.152.131]] 11:12, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

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1647: Diacritics

Talk:1627: Woosh