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[xxsmoothopexx.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know how it came to be in Russian that the two dots (no idea what they're called) came to not be written on the letter: ё.

Comments

[alon_68]

Words imported from European languages are traditionally written with йо rather than ё - Йорк, майор, йогурт...

[konstkaras.livejournal.com]

I mean such few words as Нётер, шофёр, лёсс and so on, just for sake of strict logic.

[omened-drunkard.livejournal.com]

You both speak about the different things. You confuse the means of the letter.

For foreigners:

In the words “Нётер”, “шофёр”, “лёсс” ё palatalises the consonants and sounds exactly as “О” itself, so it is incorrect to put “йо” there. Ё differs “шофёр” from “шофор”. It behaves this way after consonants.

While in words “йогурт”, “Йорк” there are two sounds “й” and “о”. Ё replaces them in the 3 ways:
­- In the beginnings of words: ёж [йош];
- After the vowels: переём [пирийом];
- After ъ and ь: подъём [патйом];
Remember that stress is always over ё :)

[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

I'd say that in "шофёр" ё makes difference not only between "шофёр" and "шофор", but also between "шофёр" and "шОфер". The latter is a very common thing to hear among low-educated native Russians.

[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

What about Röntgen? ;) Did you know it was Рёнтген originally? Nowadays, nobody seems to pronounce that proper name properly (pun intended).

So my deep belief is that omitting the dots over ё is a very bad habit.