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duaneb on July 28, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Public Shaming of England’s First Umbrella Use...

The accent is a reflection of the British pronunciation; note the original French never had an accent either. It is absolutely incorrect in America and implies a different pronunciation than anywhere but Britain.

EDIT: I am wrong.

dragonwriter on July 28, 2016 | [–]

> The accent is a reflection of the British pronunciation; note the original French never had an accent either.

The French (which is referenced in that wiktionary article) does, in fact, have the same accent.

colanderman on July 28, 2016 | | [–]

Really? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coup%C3%A9#French

magic_beans on July 29, 2016 | [–]

I have never seen such an edit on the internet before.

I am amazed.

This is why I love HN.

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