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Discussion Groups / British English / November 2004Role or r^ole?
Hallo, I have another question which may be related to 'old' fashioned English. I've seen in several publications the word 'role' written with a accent circumflex above the o (i.e. rôle instead of role). Is this still common, or has it been a fashion long gone? Thank you! Gunter > Hallo, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Is this still common, or has it been a fashion long gone? Both spellings are used but in typed texts (as distinct perhaps from typeset texts) the form without the circumflex is more common - most English-language typewriters don't have a key to insert the circumflex. REgards, Einde O'Callaghan Hello everybody! As I studied French in middle-school I can suppose that "r^ole" is French spelling. The Normans brought many French words to English.. Thank you for attention. Vladimir. Saint-Petersburg, Russia. > Hallo, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Gunter |
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