A set of words which will generate some puzzled looks are those for the accent marks above and below letters in non-English spelling systems. So here is a quick list.
| Accent | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Grave | ò | Italian, Scottish Gaelic, French among others. |
| Double Grave | ȍ | May mark some tones in Slovenian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian |
| Acute | ó | Spanish, French, Irish among others. Some languages like Dutch use both acute and grave accents. |
| Double Acute | ő | Used in Hungrarian |
| Circumflex | ô | Used in French, Welsh among others. |
| Umlaut/Diaresis | ö | Used in German, Welsh, Hungarian, among others |
| Tilde | õ | Used in Spanish, Portuguese, Breton, Tagalog among others. |
| Cedilla/Cedille | ç | Used in French, Turkish among others |
| Ogonek (Backwards Cedilla) |
ǫ | Used in Polish and some native American languages (for nasal vowels). |
| Macron/Long | ō | Used in Maori, Hawaiian among others as well as some Latin texts |
| Breve/Short | ŏ | Used in Romanian |
| Caron/Hachek | ǒ | Letters č, š, ž used in Czech and other Central European languages |
| Ring | å | Used in some Scandinavian languages and Czech |
| Dot Above | ȯ | Used in Old Irish among others. |
| Dot Below | ọ | Used in Igbo (Africa) among others. Also common in English transliterations of languages of India. |
