From: "F. Senault" <fred@...>
Date: 2006-10-27T08:20:11+09:00
Subject: Re: downcase part of a string

Le 26 octobre 2006 � 02:04, Rick DeNatale a �crit :

> I've heard that accents were dropped on capital letters because
> accented capitals weren't commonly available on typewriters.  

That was my understanding too.

In any case, the Acad�mie fran�aise insists that the capital letters
must be accented, if only because some accents can change the meaning of
a word in french.

Fred
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