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They should abandon out of date typographic rules though. As a French speaker, I want to.
by cryptonector 4y ago
They should abandon out of date typographic rules though. As a French speaker, I want to.
- benhurmarcel 4y agoIf we had he opportunity to simplify some rules in French, it's not the one I'd do first. How about getting rid somehow of the letter ù which is used for only one word (où)? Or replacing quatre-vingt by huitante (and same for 70 and 90) like in Switzerland? Or getting rid of œ and æ? But none of it is realistic. We officially changed from oignon to ognon 32 years ago and people still don't know about it...
- cryptonector 4y agoI find the 20-based counting system cute. I like it. In Belgian French they dropped it, but to my ear "septante", "huitante", and "novante" sound weird! I don't mind "où". I especially do not want the circumflex accents removed (you didn't mention it, but there was an attempt in... the 90s?). I wouldn't mind some spelling simplifications around all those eau/eaux/oeu/oeux type word endings. > Or getting rid of œ and æ? Yes.