French linguistic purists voiced online anger Thursday at the loss of one of their favourite accents -- the pointy little "circumflex" hat that sits on top of certain vowels. A change in the spelling ...

Henceforth, the circumflex will disappear from above the vowels “u” and “i” where it presently features in words such as “coût”, “entraîner” and “paraître”. When the Académie Française, the official ...