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Also French already has words that are written the same (homographs) but do not sound the same (not homophons), i.e.: il est content (= he's happy) ils conten
by bestouff 6y ago
Also French already has words that are written the same (homographs) but do not sound the same (not homophons), i.e.:
il est content (= he's happy)
ils content (= they are telling a story)
... so one less accent doesn't hurt that much :)
- MayeulC 6y agoThose are heteronyms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronym_(linguistics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronym_(linguistics)