[Python-Dev] PEP 393 Summer of Code Project

[Greg Ewing]

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:

http://www.happymall.com/france/paris_street_signs.htm

-- 
Greg