Why English doesn't use accents

Re:Why English doesn't use accents by mgaunard on Monday July 07, 2025 @05:45AM (#44488489)

French barely has diacritics.

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Re:Why English doesn't use accents by Tepix on Monday July 07, 2025 @07:50AM (#44489342)

You mean Umlauts?

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Re:Why English doesn't use accents by kergonath on Monday July 07, 2025 @05:48AM (#44488506)

There aren’t that many different diacritics, but every other word has one. Just look at any text in French, it’s full of é, è, ê, and à.

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Re:Why English doesn't use accents by mgaunard on Thursday July 10, 2025 @03:54AM (#44518466)

There are also â, ô, ù.

But still, it's nothing compared to other languages.

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