Re: OT: WAY OT: Re: OT: Re: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded?

Tristan McLeay scripsit:

> Shouldn't that be CLICHE? I understand French doesn't do accents on
> capital letters, and English really shouldn't be putting *more* accents
> on :)
Quebec French has always put accents on caps, and Metropolitan French
only stopped doing so in the 19th century or so, under the influence of
typewriters.  With computerized typesetting, the accents are beginning
to return, and a good thing too.

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