[Iowa Granny]

Out here in the sticks we have a farm supply company, which is called the Co-Op,, short for CoOperative. Many of us call it the Coop. And then of course, there is a coop, which chickens were grown in when we were children,, this is pronounced like coup,,, as in Little Duce.

Oh, never mind.

[Koblenz]

Let's bring back the diaresis. It's actually proper English, but it's not used much, except by the New Yorker. Then we'd have a coop for chickens and a coöp to get farm supplies. And the diaresis would also make spelling uncoöperative much easier. Other words that could use it include reëlection, reëvaluate, naïve, etc.