Sept. 2, 2011
12:42 a.m.
On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:30:12 +1200 Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
Guido van Rossum wrote:
I recall long ago that when the french wrote words in all caps they would drop the accents, e.g. ECOLE. I even recall (through the mists of time) observing this in Paris on public signs. Is this still the convention?
This page features a number of French street signs in all-caps, and some of them have accents:
I don't think some American souvenir shop is a good reference, though :) (for example, there's no Paris street named "château de Versailles") Regards Antoine.