Problem with my name in company files (Delaware)

[Taxing Matters]

Umlauts are used in the English language. One word that comes to mind is naïve (although naive, without the umlaut, is also used).

I think it's more accurate to say that umlauts appear in foreign words that English has incorporated. They are not part of words that originated in English nor part of our English alphabet. In formal terms, they are not part of English language construction. They appear only because we incorporate some foreign words that do use them, and even then most of the time when people do use them they do so without the accent.

 

[Taxing Matters]

However, then I started to worry about it. Is it something I should really worry about it? If so, what can I do about it?

At least in the U.S. it poses no legal issue or any other problem for you that I can think of. If it bothers you, you likely can change it. But the name of your corporation need not match your name.

Also, did you consult a business attorney and tax attorney or other tax professional before choosing a corporation as the form of business? For most new small businesses a corporation is not the best choice of business entity. At the very least, did you make a S corporation election for the corporation, assuming you are eligible for that?

 

[quincy]

The origin of naïve is Latin (from the word nativus), and the dots above the “i” are a diaeresis (dots over the second vowel).

The dots above burhan’s “Önme” are an umlaut (dots over the first vowel).

If you are a reader of The New Yorker, you will see frequent uses of each, especially this year where the words coöperate and reëlect made appearances in many articles.

I think people are apt to run across the umlaut most often at the supermarket in the ice cream aisle, when deciding whether or not to splurge on a pint of Häagen-Daz.

 

[Taxing Matters]

If you are a reader of The New Yorker, you will see frequent uses of each, especially this year where the words coöperate and reëlect made appearances in many articles.

Yes, because The New Yorker has that as its style, but I think you'll find in common use the more English versions cooperate and reelect.

 

[quincy]

Yes, because The New Yorker has that as its style, but I think you'll find in common use the more English versions cooperate and reelect.

Or co-operate and re-elect.

In standard transmissions, The Associated Press will not use diacritical marks like the umlaut or diaeresis. The news organizations receiving AP reports can add these in rewrites according to their own standards/stylebooks .