Re: NATLANG: French spelling questions

--- Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:
> Are there any French words other than _aiguë_ where
> an _ë_ is used to indicate that a preceding _u_
> is pronounced [y]?
Yes, ambigue¨, exigue¨ need tremas on the final e,
otherwise they would be pronounced ambig and exig.

> Are there any French words that contain _gg_
> pronounced [gZ].  BTW are there any words
> with [gZ] at all?
>
I don't think so. Normally, a double g would be
pronounced like a simple one. *Agglomerer* is
pronounced aglomere. Maybe in foreign words, Italian
ones for ex.

> I read that the only words where _à_ is used
> are _à là çà_, and _ù_ is used *only* in the
> word _où_.  Is this correct?
Well, the adverb deja (d - e acute - j - a grave)
could be a counter-example. As to (c cedille - a), it
takes an accent grave in the expression *ca et la*
(here and there), otherwise, when it means *that*, it
doesn't. By the way, our keyboards don't have the
letter *C capital cedille*, although it could be very
helpful for sentences beginning with *Ca*. We have to
type Alt-128.

As to *u grave*, it could well be, I can't find other
examples just now.

> (Thought: French keyboards oughta have a key
> for the whole _où_ sequence! :)
That would be a good idea. Time saving.



=====
Philippe Caquant

"Le langage est source de malentendus."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

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