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Discussion Groups / English Usage / April 2007accent marks in English words
Hello: You probably know that English words don't have accent marks, except some words that come from French. I only know one word: café, a coffeehouse, restaurant, or bar, a small or unpretentious restaurant. Do you now any more words? What about paté? Is this an English word? >Hello: > >You probably know that English words don't have accent marks, except >some words that come from French. I only know one word: café, a >coffeehouse, restaurant, or bar, a small or unpretentious restaurant. >Do you now any more words? What about paté? Is this an English word? Pâté is an English word although the spelling can vary: paté or even pate. fiancé and fiancée résumé or resumé appliqué attaché consommé blasé canapé cliché décolleté exposé glacé and so on. The accent marks are often omitted.  SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) > You probably know that English words don't have accent marks, except > some words that come from French. Some English-speakers feel that if you write a word with accents, you aren't writing it in English. SignatureMark Brader, Toronto "Don't be silly -- send it to Canada" msb@vex.net -- British postal worker >>You probably know that English words don't have accent marks, except >>some words that come from French. > > Some English-speakers feel that if you write a word with accents, you > aren't writing it in English. Some English-speakers feel that if they write a word spelt correctly, they are not writing English. SignatureRob Bannister >>>You probably know that English words don't have accent marks, except >>>some words that come from French. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Some English-speakers feel that if they write a word spelt correctly, >they are not writing English. Yes, Edward FitzGerald might have been writing <Sultán> in Persian. His famous translation (1859) of the _Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám_ contains no fewer than five occurrences of "Sultan", and not one of them appears without its accent. The word is a reasonably common one in the English language but does not normally carry an accent mark. daniel mcgrath SignatureDaniel Gerard McGrath, a/k/a "Govende": for e-mail replace "invalid" with "com" Developmentally disabled; has Autism (Pervasive Developmental Disorder), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, & periodic bouts of depression. [This signature is under construction.] > Some English-speakers feel that if they write a word spelt correctly, > they are not writing English. Why do we need accent marks at all? They are a pronunciation aid, and nowadays you can look pronunciation up on the Web. Like the '-' in e-mail, I say "Ecrasez l'Infame!" > Some English-speakers feel that if you write a word with accents, you > aren't writing it in English. Some English-speakers feel that if you're writing a word, you're not speaking it in English. :) casnalor (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message <1177872901.205550.272740@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>: > Hello: > > You probably know that English words don't have accent marks, except > some words that come from French. I only know one word: café, a > coffeehouse, restaurant, or bar, a small or unpretentious restaurant. > Do you now any more words? What about paté? Is this an English word? Some English words are occasionally seen with diuresis (sp?) to indicate that two adjacent vowels are separate - coördinate, cycloöctane, oöcyte. SignatureTwo-colour printing (red/black/blue/green) available Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply > casnalor (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message > <1177872901.205550.272...@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Some English words are occasionally seen with diuresis (sp?) to indicate > that two adjacent vowels are separate - coördinate, cycloöctane, oöcyte. "Dieresis". Or were you just taking the piss? -- Jerry Friedman |
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