• yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 hour ago

      Right, über is a word. “uber” is very much not. The points aren’t decoration or a pronunciation guide, they signify a different letter.

      It’s like saying that Spanish people call their country Espana.

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        43 minutes ago

        Are you really going to argue this? Those accent marks aren’t in all languages, which is mainly why they removed them. If you want to claim this isn’t from the German word then you need to explain where it came from.