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If 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
by benhurmarcel 4y ago
If 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.