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Re: USAGE: French letter U WITH GRAVE

From:Mathias M. Lassailly <lassailly@...>
Date:Monday, October 19, 1998, 21:06
John Cowan wrote :

According to the Alvestrand report, =
> > http://www.alvestrand.no/domen/ietf/lang-chars.txt , > French orthography makes use of =F9 (U WITH GRAVE). > What is the purpose of this letter?
Purpose : tell *ou* from oy*, i.e., they are homophones so you tag either one with accute accent : ou = or // oy = where. a = has // ` = towards. la = the // l` = there. Mathias ----- See the original message at http://www.egroups.com/list/conlang/?start=17576 -- Free e-mail group hosting at http://www.eGroups.com/