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> "élitist libertarians" Why the e acute? "élitist" (used twice in TFA) is not a word in french. The word "élitiste", with an 'e' at the end, exists though.
by TacticalCoder 3y ago
> "élitist libertarians"
Why the e acute? "élitist" (used twice in TFA) is not a word in french. The word "élitiste", with an 'e' at the end, exists though. The english word is "elitist" if you ask me.
- throwanem 3y agoOne of many frank embarrassments to be found in the New Yorker's house style, which is a mishmash of usages obsolete for varying spans of decades and others like this which were never current at all, apparently assembled in the misguided belief that such behavior connotes arch playfulness rather than leaden pretense.
- rightbyte 3y agoIt is a thing in academic writing. E.g the randomly chosen article "The Populist Challenge to Élitist Democracy in Europe" in Oxford Academic. At least he does not mix in French and German.