Sante Fe, New Mexico?

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:48 AM -0500 8/12/06, Barbara Need wrote:
>Does one of these have a written accent? Otherwise, they look
>identical on my machine.

Well, they're both vowels, but different ones--even without diacritics...

LH

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>P.S. I find it is normal for crossword makers to ignore diacritics. B
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>At 20:10 -0400 11/8/06, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>How to check spelling when one is creating a crossword puzzle:
>>
>>The Boston Globe crossword puzzle, August 11, crosses the last letter
>>of "Composer's swimming technique?" (bachstroke) with the 5th letter
>>of "Capital of New Mexico" (Sante Fe).
>>
>>Google hits:
>>      Sante Fe New Mexico - 46,400,000
>>      Santa Fe New Mexico - 43,500,000
>>
>>But:
>>      "Sante Fe" New Mexico -      496,000
>>      "Santa Fe" New Mexico - 38,300,000
>>
>>(For those who don't want to consult their Times Atlas of the World,
>>it's Santa Fe, New Mexico, but Sante Fe, Argentina.)
>>
>>Joel
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