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What'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 alre
by thiht 11y ago
What'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.