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mgaunard
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Why English doesn't use accents
French barely has diacritics.
kergonath
on July 7, 2025
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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.
mgaunard
on July 10, 2025
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There are also â, ô, ù.
But still, it's nothing compared to other languages.
Tepix
on July 7, 2025
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You mean Umlauts?
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