Daily Archives: February 10, 2016

Reforming French spelling

Attempts to reform French spelling by removing the circumflex or eliminating some hyphens (changes approved, by the way, by the august Académie Française) have met strenuous disapproval by traditionalists: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/world/europe/french-spelling-changes-26-years-in-the-making-cause-a-fracas.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

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