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Je suis circonflexe
Edit The Economist 25 Feb 2016
SOMETIMES it really is the little things that count ... maîtresse will become maitresse, and many other words will similarly lose the tricky little hat-shaped accent-mark that gives the online protest its name....
France is changing the spellings of thousands of words and ditching the circumflex — and people are furious
Edit Business Insider 05 Feb 2016
Outrage has erupted in France after a language moderator approved changes to the spellings of thousands French words in an attempt to simplify the language ... The word coût (cost) will lose its accent to become cout, as wills'entraîner (to practise), maîtresse (teacher) and, ironically,disparaître (to disappear). The circumflex will not disappear entirely, however, still being present above the letter "o", in words such as hôtel ... ....
End of the circumflex? Changes in French spelling cause uproar
Edit BBC News 04 Feb 2016
Suggested new spellings for more than 2,000 French words have sparked controversy. The French Academy proposed changes in 1990, including the deletion of the circumflex and hyphens in some words, but they were optional. Now publishers say they will include the new spellings in schoolbooks ... Oignon - ognon (onion). Nénuphar - nénufar (water lily). S'entraîner - s'entraine (to practice). Maîtresse - maitresse (mistress, teacher) ... Sources ... ....
DVD press release: The Valley (Obscured by Clouds), A film by Barbet Schroeder (BFI - ...
Edit Public Technologies 18 Jan 2016
(Source. BFI - British Film Institute) dvd press release. BFI DVD & Blu-ray press release. The Valley (Obscured by Clouds). A film by Barbet Schroeder ... When Viviane (Bulle Ogier), a chic diplomat's wife, meets an intriguing adventurer (Michael Gothard) and his hippy friends in the wilds of Papua New Guinea, different worlds collide ... Special features ... Theatrical trailers for Schroeder's The Valley, More (1969) and Maîtresse (1974) ... RRP....
Daily News 25 / 11 / 2015 (European Commission)
Edit Public Technologies 25 Nov 2015
(Source. European Commission). Président Juncker à la Session Plénière du Parlement européen sur les attentats de Paris ... Le Président a dit ... Il ne faut pas transformer le malheur en affaire oratoire ... Et donc il faudra savoir que Schengen n'est pas un concept neutre, n'est pas un concept anodin, mais que c'est une des pièces maîtresses de la construction européenne.' Le texte complet de son discours est disponible en ligne ici ... Mergers....
Damage to wildlife on offshore reefs (Government of Jersey)
Edit noodls 23 Apr 2015
(Source. Government of Jersey) 23 April 2015. Recent damage and disturbance to wildlife at the Minquiers has prompted the Department of the Environment to ask boat owners to take care when they visit Jersey's offshore reefs this summer. Last week on Maîtresse Île, Les Minquiers, visitors cleared a sizeable area of vegetation, leaving bare soil exposed to the erosive action of the weather and sea spray ... International importance ... (noodl....
Thomas Keller
Edit Vanity Fair 08 Jul 2014
Whenever I think about my chef friend Thomas Keller—of the French Laundry, Bouchon, and Bouchon Bakery—I think first and foremost about one meal in particular. This meal, which took place some eight years ago at Per Se, his New York outpost, was one of the great dining experiences of my life ... To her credit, the maîtresse d’ hardly flinched ... “Share” is the operative word here ... He isn’t one of those chefs who keep secrets ... ....
Louise Bourgeois at Tate Modern review – fatally complacent
Edit The Guardian 16 Jun 2014
It wasn't mere sexism that Bourgeois was never ranked alongside her New York contemporaries ... the venerated grande dame's sketches and prints lack the urgency of great art. • Unseen Louise Bourgeois artworks – in pictures. 3 ... Photograph ... Click to enlarge ... A generous selection of these, gifted by Bourgeois' foundation and many never-before-seen, feature in a new exhibition that has the feel of consecrating an old maîtresse of modern art ... ....
Kim Kardashian’s wedding invitation to Anna Wintour gets rejected?
Edit The Examiner 25 May 2014
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West got married this weekend in France and it sounds like it was packed with famous faces ... "Upon arrival at noon, the paparazzi, about 20, were already outside the gates of Valentino Garavani’s Château de Wideville, once the home to one of King Louis XIV’s maîtresse d’amour," André has revealed....
The Westwood, restaurant review: 'A lump of grilled halibut might have come from the creature ...
Edit The Independent 17 May 2014
When you discover that a restaurant called The Westwood is owned and run by youthful brother-and-sister twins, it comes as a slight disappointment to learn that they are not called Hansel and Gretel ... Opened eight years ago by the Barkers, Matthew (chef) and Michele (maîtresse d'), The Westwood occupies a wing of the former Georgian courthouse in Beverley, East Yorkshire ... Wisely, the décor stresses the arboreal rather than the judicial....
Duck & Waffle: Lisa Markwell spends 24 hours at the restaurant that never sleeps
Edit The Independent 12 Apr 2014
Wednesday. 12pm. I've eaten at London's popular Duck and Waffle restaurant a few times and I've always wondered what goes on during the 22 hours when I'm not there (it's open a full 24/7). When do the napkins get washed? Do they have a nap room for staff? When are the carrots delivered? And who carries them up to the kitchen?. So I'm here to find out ... I am ... 1pm ... 1PM ... The maîtresse d' takes a table for her own lunch (yes, when do staff eat?)....
Next step towards Evergreen Line completion (Government of British Columbia)
Edit noodls 07 Mar 2014
(Source. Government of British Columbia). NEWS RELEASE COMMUNIQU É. For Immediate Release. 2014PREM0016-000257. March 7, 2014. Office of the Premier. Transport Canada, TransLink. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Next step towards Evergreen Line completion. aussi disponible en français en bas du communiqué ... Once the Evergreen Line is complete, B.C ... Jiana Ling ... Sa pièce maîtresse, la tête de forage, pèse à elle seule 130 tonnes....
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