Waikato Times

Accents

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With the country in a political vacuum and Donald considerin­g nuking the Rocket Man, I hesitate to ask why, in the puzzle page (Times, October 13) ‘‘ole’’ was given its accent but not ‘‘elan’’. Further, just when does a foreign word become naturalise­d?

Frank Bailey

Hamilton

EDITOR’S NOTE: Good question. The Puzzles page is supplied to us ‘‘camera-ready’’ so we have no control over which ‘‘accents’’ are used.

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