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Je Suis Circonflexe: Anguish from Changes to French Spelling
- jinushaun 11y agoThis makes me sad. I'm currently learning French and with all the problems around spelling and homonyms with French in general, the circumflex words are the only ones I can reliably remember/learn! Because I'm familiar with Spanish, the circumflex helps to guess the meaning of new words because the circumflex is usually present to indicate a missing "s". For example, feste -> fête, hostel -> hôtel, and isle -> île.