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Why French regional accents are rare on TV

France lags behind the UK and US where local accents have been encouraged to breakthrough in media, says expert

Tune in to French regional accents - how many do you recognise?

We analyse different regions, their accents, and even their different spellings

Speak French with an accent? Use it to your advantage

Nick Inman tells us not to worry if we cannot shake our accent just focus on the message not the packaging

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‘T’as les chocolatines?’ Waze app now offers three more French accents

You can set your sat nav app to direct - and maybe even shout at you - in three different French accents with the Toulousain option especially colourful

New French regional languages law is 'politically historic'

Director of Brittany's Office Public de la Langue Bretonne, Fulup Jakez, talks about the impact of France's first regional language law in 70 years

MPs consider new law against French accent discrimination

The law has been put forward to stop the ‘centralisation’ of language in France and bring credibility to regional differences in pronunciation

MP demands law banning accent discrimination

A day after far-left MP Jean-Luc Mélenchon mocked a journalist's Toulouse accent, an LREM MP proposes an anti-discrimination law

Right accent

REF “How do you get accents with Windows 10?” in the August edition Q&A .

Name of the rose varies from region to region

Regional differences are all part of the fun of learning French and you should not be surprised if the way certain words are said in your area is different to what you learnt at school.

How do I get accents with Windows 10?

I have a new computer which uses Windows 10. On my old one I opted to use the US International keyboard layout, thanks to a Connexion article, so as to do accents. However, it does not seem to be available on this new operating system. Is there a solution? M.C.

Accent

Why French regional accents are rare on TV

Tune in to French regional accents - how many do you recognise?

Speak French with an accent? Use it to your advantage

‘T’as les chocolatines?’ Waze app now offers three more French accents

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