Talk:French orthography
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[edit] arguë
"It is also added above the feminine adjectival ending -e when the masculine form ends in -gu: aigu, ambigu → aiguë, ambiguë."
After the spelling reforms, this became "aigüe", "argüe", etc. The Jade Knight 06:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
- I disagree. The spelling reforms mandated that "aiguë" become "aigüe", that "argue" become "argüe", etc., but no one actually followed those reforms, and eventually the Academy decided to make them optional. (This might be worth noting in the article, but not by incorrecting the existing text.) —RuakhTALK 14:41, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Punctuation, regionalism
What about rules for punctuation, etc. I understand that some or all punctuation marks are normally led by a space (merde !), rather than being set tight against the last word, as in English.
What are the differences in Quebec French, and other variants?
- Found a stub: Punctuation in French. —Michael Z. 2007-09-23 20:43 Z
[edit] G-to-p section
There is a lot of good content in this recently-added and quickly-expanding section. I am concerned, however, about the reliance on a single source (TLFi) for pronunciation, especially for vowels. Furthermore, going from individual dictionary entries to what apparently aims to be an exhaustive list of general spelling-to-pronunciation rules constitutes original research. I added a reference to Fouché (1956), still (I believe) the most complete description, but more recent citations are needed. The main problem, though, is that when this section is finished (with all the rules and all the exceptions), it will be as a long as a book. Or too long to be useful, anyway, without adding some more structure to the lists of rules to guide the reader. CapnPrep (talk) 17:04, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for making your points: I think your concern about OR is valid here. I've moved the section to my userspace: we should think about how to come up with a useful section that is fully sourced. Grover cleveland (talk) 04:58, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
