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Originally Posted by Erki  I have a very slightly off topic question... 
Why does the letter "i" in word "naive" in thread title have two dots...? And what letter is that? I haven't see it before... |
It's a symbol called a diaresis or tréma. It means that "naive" is a two-syllable word, rather than one, as the "ai" isn't considered one sound, but two. French uses it, though I couldn't tell you where else. (I thought it was an actual letter until I looked it up.
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