Accent & other typing help for French

[tuulensisko]

Okay, inspired by problems many non-French people here seem to have, I'm here to help!

So, I actually went through Wikipedia looking for codes that everyone can use (at least on html-based sites) whatever their keyboard happens to look like.



Firstly: In the case of all of these codes: Remove the spaces! The & and ; should not be separated from the main code text.

1: Çç or C-cedilla

& Ccedil ; -> Ç
& ccedil ; -> ç

Examples:
"Ça va?"
"Français"

Pronounced like an s.

2: Éé or E-acute

& Eacute ; -> É
& eacute ; -> é

Examples:
"chéri/chérie"
"café"

Pronounced something like "eh" (close e).

3: Èè or E-grave

& Egrave ; -> È
& egrave ; -> è

Examples:
"frère"
"chère"
"très"

Pronounced like e in "bed" (open e).

4: Àà or A-grave [NOTE: French only has a-grave, so no a-acute.]

& Agrave ; -> À
& agrave ; -> à

Examples:
"voilà"
"à la"
"déjà vu" [see how the e has an acute accent while the a has a grave accent]

Pronounced like a in "father".

5: Ëë or E-umlaut

& Euml ; -> Ë
& euml ; -> ë

Examples:
"Noël"

Pronounced like è. (Or like e in "bed".)

6: Ïï or I-umlaut [This is a pretty rare one but you occasionally see it... at least in names and such]

& Iuml ; -> Ï
& iuml ; -> ï

Examples:
"maïs"
"Loïc" (a name)

Pronounced like ee in "see".

7: Circumflex (âêîôû) [Actually I don't remember ever seeing û in French but I'm putting it there along with the others.]

& acirc ; -> â
& ecirc ; -> ê
& icirc ; -> î
& ocirc ; -> ô
& ucirc ; -> û

Examples:
"pâte"
"fête"
"s'il vous/te plaît"
"hôtel"

Hope this helped someone. =3=b And hope I didn't mess anything up...