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Post by René on Nov 28, 2024 19:01:43 GMT
Mikael was already very close but, as usual  , Rob’s answer is complete and correct. Although, you do get 1 point deducted for not spelling his last name perfectly. I know you English speakers don't use punctuation, but the rest of the world does!  It's Belgian driver Patrick Nève, pictured here with Frank Williams in 1977.  |
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Post by robmarsh on Nov 29, 2024 8:57:48 GMT
Thanks Rene, agree with the punctuation comment but I don't know how to bring it up on my keyboard  |
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Post by René on Nov 29, 2024 9:42:39 GMT
Thanks Rene, agree with the punctuation comment but I don't know how to bring it up on my keyboard Ñø p®òbléµ Röb!  |
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Post by robmarsh on Nov 29, 2024 14:05:08 GMT
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Post by Carl on Nov 30, 2024 1:44:20 GMT
Mikael was already very close but, as usual , Rob’s answer is complete and correct. Although, you do get 1 point deducted for not spelling his last name perfectly. I know you English speakers don't use punctuation, but the rest of the world does! It's Belgian driver Patrick Nève, pictured here with Frank Williams in 1977. What I do sometimes is find the name, or word needing an accent, elsewhere and copy and paste. In the classic W.C. Fields comedy, "The Bank Dick", his character explains to neighborhood ladies tempted to pronounce his name, Egbert Sousé, as "Souse" (drunkard) that there is an "accent grave over the e". But they nonetheless knew he was a souse. Accent marks are useful when it's unclear which letter or syllable should have emphasis, their absence creating great confusion wherever English is spoken. Some political connoisseurs have postulated that the American election result would have been different if the Trump family name had retained the traditional German accent on "rump", meaning "ass-blubber". |
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Post by René on Nov 30, 2024 11:19:40 GMT
Mikael was already very close but, as usual , Rob’s answer is complete and correct. Although, you do get 1 point deducted for not spelling his last name perfectly. I know you English speakers don't use punctuation, but the rest of the world does! It's Belgian driver Patrick Nève, pictured here with Frank Williams in 1977. What I do sometimes is find the name, or word needing an accent, elsewhere and copy and paste. In the classic W.C. Fields comedy, "The Bank Dick", his character explains to neighborhood ladies tempted to pronounce his name, Egbert Sousé, as "Souse" (drunkard) that there is an "accent grave over the e". But they nonetheless knew he was a souse. Accent marks are useful when it's unclear which letter or syllable should have emphasis, their absence creating great confusion wherever English is spoken. Some political connoisseurs have postulated that the American election result would have been different if the Trump family name had retained the traditional German accent on "rump", meaning "ass-blubber". That is certainly the most practical way if you do not use many punctuation marks like in English. There are also programs that make it easy to add punctuation marks. On a normal keyboard you place punctuation marks by means of key combinations. You will learn them automatically if they are used a lot. As I mentioned once before, Stirling Moss asked me when signing his book if there was an accent on my name. I then said 'yes, like René Arnoux', to which he said with a smile 'or like René Dreyfuss, but that is way before your time'. I will always remember that. Felipe Massa also once wrote 'to René' at a signing session, but he did it right away without asking!   |
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Post by Carl on Nov 30, 2024 20:59:05 GMT
Very cool!  |
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Post by Carl on Dec 1, 2024 0:54:50 GMT
Ferrari sponsor Telecom Italia Group's insignia "Alice" also has an accent above its decal, a sexy eye to dot the "i" 
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, Rob’s answer is complete and correct. Although, you do get 1 point deducted for not spelling his last name perfectly. I know you English speakers don't use punctuation, but the rest of the world does! 
