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![]() Social networks were suddenly inundated with the hashtag #Circonflexe and #JeSuisCirconflexe, in a nod to #JeSuisCharlie, which became a rallying cry of defiance after the 2015 terrorist attacks against the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. ![]() The French are notoriously touchy, or sentimental, about their language but on realising that the circumflex accent was at risk of disappearing from 2000 French words (ie 3% of the French lexicon), they reacted with anger. ![]() On 4 February the French learned that a spelling reform – approved in 1990 but never implemented – would be taught in schools starting in September and will be featured in all new school manuals.
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