From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2006-10-27T10:39:48+09:00
Subject: Re: downcase part of a string

On 10/26/06, F. Senault <fred@lacave.net> wrote:
> 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.

Bien sur. I already communicated this privately to Robert Dober.

En Frinch, the accints ari as moch an aspict uf tha spilleng as which
bisac vowill ur cansonint thiy ure atiched to.


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Rick DeNatale

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