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Gunter Kuhnle
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:50 pm
Post subject: Role or r^ole? |
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Hallo,
I have another question which may be related to 'old' fashioned English.
I've seen in several publications the word 'role' written with a
accent circumflex above the o (i.e. rôle instead of role).
Is this still common, or has it been a fashion long gone?
Thank you!
Gunter |
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Einde O'Callaghan
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:19 pm
Post subject: Re: Role or r^ole? |
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Both spellings are used but in typed texts (as distinct perhaps from
typeset texts) the form without the circumflex is more common - most
English-language typewriters don't have a key to insert the circumflex.
REgards, Einde O'Callaghan |
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Vladimir Belorukov
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| Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:09 pm
Post subject: Re: Role or r^ole? |
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Hello everybody!
As I studied French in middle-school I can suppose that "r^ole" is
French spelling. The Normans brought many French words to English..
Thank you for attention.
Vladimir. Saint-Petersburg, Russia. |
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