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My name is spelled with an accent circonflexe, imagine my reaction when I learned this :) To further the griping frenchman's cliché, good luck getting me to dro
by zdkl 11y ago
My name is spelled with an accent circonflexe, imagine my reaction when I learned this :)
To further the griping frenchman's cliché, good luck getting me to drop it; The sentimental value, the culture, merde!
- eloisant 11y agoThe accent circonflexe is not going anywhere. They're only dropping it from some words on "u" or "i" where it doesn't bring anything, either for prononciation or to distinguish from a different word. So it will disappear from "coût" and "paraître" but not from "jeûne" (because "jeune" has a different meaning). It's staying to "e" and "a" (être for example). Too many people read headlines, not articles. The rumor that the accent circonflexe will be gone completely has spread up because people are too lazy checking the source and just dumbly repeat what they hear.
- zdkl 11y agoOh I did read the article, and I understand that this is aimed to encourage dual-use, rather than excluding one or the other. I was merely expressing myself in favour of continuing to use it, even though their omission is not an error anymore. If they really wanted to simplify things they'd be better served looking into rules about the place of the COD and 'avoir'... I have traumatic memories from primary school french lessons ;) (Also, while I agree with it's spirit, I resent the hostility about your misunderstanding of my post)
- thiht 11y agoWhat's funny about that is that most people complaining about the accent circonflexe disappearing already don't use it where it's supposed to be used. They already apply most of the 1990 reform they complain about without knowing it.
- wolfgke 11y agoWhat evidence do you have that the people that complain about the reform are the same that unconsciously leave away the accent circonflexe? I rather think these two groups are rather disjoint.
- thiht 11y agoEmpirical evidence. Most people complaining about the "new reform" don't even know it's been around for ~25 years nor what it's really about. Try to ask someone who complained about this reform to write some words like "maitre" or "paraitre", I can almost guarantee you they won't use the circonflexe.
- bookmakeur 11y agoResistance is unnecessary, names and adjective derived from them keep their accent circonflexe.