Accents
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.