The Diaeresis

I've been a writer for decades and was a copy editor for a while, but I cannot explain why the New Yorker does that thing w/ re-election. pic.twitter.com/woEoX6GeW6

— Nancy Nall Derringer (@nnall) August 19, 2017

Mary Norris of The New Yorker does explain, however. (Search online with the terms "New Yorker diaeresis." It should be the first result.)

26 August update:

We will never love anything as much as The New Yorker loves commas. https://t.co/57Cj0ssOHb

— The Baffler (@thebafflermag) August 23, 2017

"The rise of the magazine’s copy desk has done more for The New Yorker than simply generate clicks." https://t.co/sHYYS7a8Ah

— The Baffler (@thebafflermag) August 25, 2017