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To help with the pronunciation, the inaugural show’s poster added a French accent aigu to the final letter — Ceejé — a mannerism that was soon dropped.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023
Obviously, these two have made era-shaping music, but let it be noted that Beyoncé has always had that beautiful l’accent aigu levitating over the conclusion of her name.
From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2022
“This is very rare because of the accent,” the superfan said of the album that came out during the years when Cher spelled her name with an accent aigu.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022
These three signs are found in the French language, in the accent aigu, or high accent, as in pass�; the accent grave, or low accent, as in sinc�re; or circonflexe, as in Ph�on.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
Alternate and obsolete spellings in English were retained; French words with circonflex or that lack an accent aigu were not altered.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)