Diacritical marks have fun names! Here are the top five based on the names that they have.
This is the two dots on top of a vowel. It always has the name diaresis or trema, but "umlaut" is a fun word to say.
An interpunct is a dot found in the middle of a word. It is not common in English, but it is regularly seen in dictionaries to indicate the syllables of a word. It sounds like a very tough word, but the arrangement of vowels and consonants make this a fun word.
Ogoneck is a small hook that curves like a C that is placed at the bottom right of letters to indicate nasality. However, the word ogonek is just fun to say.
A macron is the line placed above a vowel in a pronunciation guide to indicate that a vowel has the long vowel sounds. The word is fun to say and while it looks like the word "macaroon," it is not related, nor is it a cookie. Of course, lady fingers might look like macrons.
A tilde is the little wavy line placed above the n in Spanish to indicate that it is said like "ny" rather than "n." It is "pinya" and not "pinna." However, it is just fun to say "tilde."
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