tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464960186859672968.post4872081655351280083..comments2023-09-12T02:36:12.041-07:00Comments on the busy pen of JDM: Grave AccentJ. D. Mackenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10188487574377344543noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464960186859672968.post-21512038741896442882012-03-27T00:44:37.003-07:002012-03-27T00:44:37.003-07:00I hadn't thought of the word diacritical for y...I hadn't thought of the word <i>diacritical</i> for years. Thanks for this poem.Jim Swindlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632113399696237695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464960186859672968.post-72908213514312095332012-03-18T15:27:27.498-07:002012-03-18T15:27:27.498-07:00A fascinating poem. Many French people campaigned...A fascinating poem. Many French people campaigned - fortunately unsuccessfully - to do away with all the accents, but the spoken language is so much the richer for the nuances of difference.vivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464960186859672968.post-74634173303744494822012-03-11T21:29:11.353-07:002012-03-11T21:29:11.353-07:00How acute of you circumflexing that grave!
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Tut ...How acute of you circumflexing that grave!<br />PS<br />Tut tut,You should have done French at school.rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.com