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minus-squareoce 🐆linkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoThere is the same issue in French that the lack of accent can change the meaning, so the French Academy does recommend putting accents on capitals. https://www.academie-francaise.fr/questions-de-langue#5_strong-em-accentuation-des-majuscules-em-strong Newspaper title “UN INTERNE TUE”: Un interne tue: medical intern kills Un interne tué: medical intern killed Un interné tue: institutionalized patient kills Un interné tué: institutionalized patient killed Example from https://www.projet-voltaire.fr/ressources/accent-majuscules-capitales/
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI guess that’s what I get for learning French during the age of typewriters (my formal French education ended in 1981 and I’ve only spoken --never written-- it since then).
There is the same issue in French that the lack of accent can change the meaning, so the French Academy does recommend putting accents on capitals. https://www.academie-francaise.fr/questions-de-langue#5_strong-em-accentuation-des-majuscules-em-strong
Newspaper title “UN INTERNE TUE”:
Example from https://www.projet-voltaire.fr/ressources/accent-majuscules-capitales/
I guess that’s what I get for learning French during the age of typewriters (my formal French education ended in 1981 and I’ve only spoken --never written-- it since then).