Re: French uppercase accented letters (was: Re: Comments on FCD 5218)

From: Alain LaBonté (alb@iquebec.com)
Date: Thu Nov 29 2001 - 18:18:47 EST


A 12:33 2001-11-29 -0800, Kenneth Whistler a écrit :

> > Ask your "relatively authoritative sources" if they ever opened a Larousse
> > or Robert dictionary. If they answer yes, ask them what they
> observe... (;
>
>http://www.larousse.net
>
>L'ENCYCLOPÉDIE LAROUSSE KLÉIO 2001
>
>and
>
>Le Dictionnaire de l'Économie de A - Z
>
>advertised on the home page.
>
>The Collins Robert French Dictionary, 1987, p. 239, entry: "Écosse, nf
>Scotland"
>
>--Ken

You bet... And the caption of advertisement for LE PETIT LAROUSSE ILLUSTRÉ
says "100 PLANCHES INÉDITES"...

Bottom of the page: ACTUALITÉ and LANGUE FRANÇAISE

And of course a hyperlink to ESPAÑOL (it is not cheating: some words
borrowed from Spanish use tildes, e.g. CAÑON)

Alain



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