Since 1986, when California voted to make English its official language, residents have not been able to include diacritic marks like accents and tildes in official documents — like drivers’ licenses ...

If passed, California Assembly Bill 77 would allow the use of diacritical marks, such as accents, on government-issued documents. “I think it’s a great idea; that way, our nationalities are correctly ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A proposed California bill could allow ...

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 08: Adrian Gonzalez #23 of the New York Mets hits a grand slam in the third inning against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on April 8, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo ...

A push at the State Capitol to include accents and other marks on vital records, like birth certificates in California has taken a solid step forward. And it goes beyond grammar."Being able to ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Both bills drew primarily supportive written testimony, ...

The Post-Dispatch started using diacritical marks on May 14, 2002. A diacritical mark is defined as: any of various marks, as a macron or cedilla, added to a letter or symbol to indicate its ...

On the Mac, this the default method for accessing diacritical marks is by holding the "Option" key, followed by a vowel that represents a specific accent character; however, there are alternate ...

OVER at Gulliver, our correspondent reports on his trip through Tromso airport. Or, as a commenter, Lafayette, notes, shouldn't we write it Tromsø, as the Norwegians do? Our style book rule is to use ...

A webmaster posted a new bug, at least to me, with Google Webmaster Tools at the Google Webmaster Help forums. The bug reported is that when you use diacritical mark (see here), such as words in the ...