Diacritical marks are placed above, below or next to a letter to indicate a particular pronunciation. A Sacramento-area family is pushing to get California to recognize those marks on state-issued ...

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 ...

One example of how important diacritical marks can be is Colon and Colón. Both are spelled the same but have two completely different meanings. The one without the accent means colon, while the ...

Diacritical marks are essential to a name's pronunciation, tone, or stress, and go beyond California's largest ethnic group.

The ban on these marks is traced back to 1986’s Proposition 63, which established English as the official state language. The Department of Public Health has not allowed diacritical marks since.

A California Assembly bill would allow the use of diacritical marks like accents in government documents, not allowed since 1986's "English only" law which many say targeted Latinos.

Are accent marks in Spanish a thing from the past? Jan. 10, 2013— -- If you've ever tried to learn Spanish I'm sure you've encountered the dreaded "acentos." Don't worry; some native Spanish ...

Diacritical marks are an essential part of the way words and names are pronounced. Although legislation like this has been proposed twice before, it failed both times due to concerns over the cost ...

Diacritical marks on names are not allowed in the Golden State. Espinoza and others trace the ban back to Proposition 63 in 1986, which established English as the official state language.