Except that we get it from the context... context is everything, and our minds have no problem picking out the right context, because we don't comprehend what we read in a strictly serial sense, one word at a time, in real time. That fraction of a second when you see the next few words lets the brain figure it out before you're even conscious of it.
People have no problem distinguishing between the two uses of expose/exposé, depending on context, no accent requiired. Same with lame/lamé. Same with resume/resumé. Don't need the accent, because it's obvious from the context. "I will resume working on my job resume".
As for naive, the french term naïve has a much broader meaning than the english equivalent, even with the accent, so someone who is not familiar with french won't get it anyway.
AAA tried to do that, and it's not exactly a big draw to sign up with them. That's something the rental company is more likely to offer as a freebee when you book your car.
80% of Canadians live in cities. So, eventually you'll have to park your human-controlled vehicle before getting on a highway and renting a self-driving vehicle, because otherwise you'll be too much of a risk.
Truly driverless cars will already be equipped with sensors and usage logs that will alert the owner and the manufacturer that the vehicle has to be seen within X days or Y km or it will refuse to start.
They're a lot better than having the government track everywhere you go with your driverless car. I hope we have freedom to drive a human-operated, non-internet connected car in the future.
Insurance companies are already doing the tracking thing.
It's so funny when people are forced by the courts to maintain their life insurance policy after a divorce, with their ex the named beneficiary. Now THAT is a losing game.
Life insurance is basically a bet that you personally will never collect on.
You've got it. There's only so many dollars available for advertising. Insurance companies will be seeing huge drops in auto insurance, so they will not have as much money to spend advertising on TV, radio, junk mail, etc. The more businesses offering targeting data into a smaller advertiser base, the less the revenue per business. Simple supply and demand rules.
And the auto manufacturers are big enough to self-insure...
Then there's the aging population... why should someone who's retired and only drives to the store once a week bother with the hassles and expenses of owning a car - especially if their vision, coordination, or side effects of medication make it too risky?
"I READ a book today" is past tense. No loss of information. Also, written french has changed - it was just over 200 years ago that they added the circumflex, so obviously dropping it again would be no big loss.
English spelling is also atrocious. It works much better with a true phonetic alphabet.
Tell me abut it - like the pretentious SOBs who mis-pronounce the sch schedule as sh instead of sk in a vain attempt to sound more cultured. They get mad when I point out that school is pronouned sk.
And that's the French's fault. I went to buy a new keyboard and came across some keyboards with big bright yellow keycaps and black lettering - would have been perfect for reduced vision until I saw that they were AZERTY. No wonder they were being dumped ultro-cheap by some importer who hoped nobody noticed until they got home, because NOBODY in Quebec or the rest of Canada uses AZERTY.
1. We're talking about french here.
2. Other languages can also stand modernization. As my example demonstrates, "I READ a book yesterday" and I will READ a book tomorrow" fix the situation you describe. Just transliterate those sounds, already, to match existing characters. English did it long ago.
Hey tabernac! Watt ees dis sh*t you be saying. Der eez no problem witt making de Français on these there key bohrds. No vrai frenchie need to be making dee excuse for to be able to give you dee french accen on any of dem dere key bore, hokay you maudit tete-carré bloke?
Revising the language because accented characters are a PITA even for the french is a damned fine idea.
Often, an accent is the only distinguishing factor between two similarly spelled words.
Funny how other languages seem to do okay without accents. Think, for example, about "to READ a book" as opposed to "having READ a book." We don't need phonetic accents to distinguish the two.
Drop the accents already - they're a hangover from the past.
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But still entirely unnecessary, since it didn't even exist in french until just over 200 years ago.
Except that we get it from the context ... context is everything, and our minds have no problem picking out the right context, because we don't comprehend what we read in a strictly serial sense, one word at a time, in real time. That fraction of a second when you see the next few words lets the brain figure it out before you're even conscious of it.
People have no problem distinguishing between the two uses of expose/exposé, depending on context, no accent requiired. Same with lame/lamé. Same with resume/resumé. Don't need the accent, because it's obvious from the context. "I will resume working on my job resume".
As for naive, the french term naïve has a much broader meaning than the english equivalent, even with the accent, so someone who is not familiar with french won't get it anyway.
That's just because with their teeth they can't speak English properly :-)
Because the idea is a dud?
AAA tried to do that, and it's not exactly a big draw to sign up with them. That's something the rental company is more likely to offer as a freebee when you book your car.
80% of Canadians live in cities. So, eventually you'll have to park your human-controlled vehicle before getting on a highway and renting a self-driving vehicle, because otherwise you'll be too much of a risk.
Truly driverless cars will already be equipped with sensors and usage logs that will alert the owner and the manufacturer that the vehicle has to be seen within X days or Y km or it will refuse to start.
They're a lot better than having the government track everywhere you go with your driverless car. I hope we have freedom to drive a human-operated, non-internet connected car in the future.
Insurance companies are already doing the tracking thing.
It's so funny when people are forced by the courts to maintain their life insurance policy after a divorce, with their ex the named beneficiary. Now THAT is a losing game.
Life insurance is basically a bet that you personally will never collect on.
You've got it. There's only so many dollars available for advertising. Insurance companies will be seeing huge drops in auto insurance, so they will not have as much money to spend advertising on TV, radio, junk mail, etc. The more businesses offering targeting data into a smaller advertiser base, the less the revenue per business. Simple supply and demand rules.
And the auto manufacturers are big enough to self-insure ...
Then there's the aging population ... why should someone who's retired and only drives to the store once a week bother with the hassles and expenses of owning a car - especially if their vision, coordination, or side effects of medication make it too risky?
Le Chiffre - the villain in Casino Royale - strikes again!
"I READ a book today" is past tense. No loss of information. Also, written french has changed - it was just over 200 years ago that they added the circumflex, so obviously dropping it again would be no big loss.
English spelling is also atrocious. It works much better with a true phonetic alphabet.
Tell me abut it - like the pretentious SOBs who mis-pronounce the sch schedule as sh instead of sk in a vain attempt to sound more cultured. They get mad when I point out that school is pronouned sk.
Hmm, they come out as gibberish on Slashdot.
So do most of the articles, and many of the comments :-)
They can't because "you might steal their idea."
And that's the French's fault. I went to buy a new keyboard and came across some keyboards with big bright yellow keycaps and black lettering - would have been perfect for reduced vision until I saw that they were AZERTY. No wonder they were being dumped ultro-cheap by some importer who hoped nobody noticed until they got home, because NOBODY in Quebec or the rest of Canada uses AZERTY.
1. We're talking about french here.
2. Other languages can also stand modernization. As my example demonstrates, "I READ a book yesterday" and I will READ a book tomorrow" fix the situation you describe. Just transliterate those sounds, already, to match existing characters. English did it long ago.
I am well aware of that. I like the way Android does it - you hold down the letter, and a bunch of alternate accent characters pop up. Try it.
But that was before everyone had their own individual phones, so nobody needs a phone sanitizer nowadays. That's why they still go on the B Ark :-)
Hey tabernac! Watt ees dis sh*t you be saying. Der eez no problem witt making de Français on these there key bohrds. No vrai frenchie need to be making dee excuse for to be able to give you dee french accen on any of dem dere key bore, hokay you maudit tete-carré bloke?
The canadian keys also have the compose key (alt-gris or alt-grey back in the old days)
Sure you can - alt+130 gives an é, alt+143 screws up your browser, ...
Revising the language because accented characters are a PITA even for the french is a damned fine idea.
Often, an accent is the only distinguishing factor between two similarly spelled words.
Funny how other languages seem to do okay without accents. Think, for example, about "to READ a book" as opposed to "having READ a book." We don't need phonetic accents to distinguish the two.
Drop the accents already - they're a hangover from the past.