New spelling: _genr=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9=5F_?=or _genre'_

[Laurence Horn]

On Sep 22, 2014, at 5:01 AM, W Brewer wrote:

> WB:  Apparently a Francophone academic buzzword in 2011.
> <http://kiosquemedias.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/%C2%AB-genre-%C2%BB/> E.g.
> (where e' is [e + accent aigu]):  < Aux garc,ons le fusil, aux fillettes la
> poupe'e: une analyse du discours **genre'** dans la litte'rature
> patriotique pour enfants (1914-1918) », Marie-Miche`le Doucet du
> de'partement d'histoire de l'UdM.> Roughly translated:  <"For boys the
> rifle, for girls the doll: an analysis of **gendered** discourse in
> patriotic literature for children (1914-1918)", Marie-Miche`le Doucet,
> History Department Montreal U.>
> The etiology would seem to be a French PPPization of genre (meaning English
> gender + -ed). PPPization  being past-perfect-participial-ization.
> Note use of accent aigu for Beyonce' (Wikip) <Beyonce' describes herself as
> a <modern-day feminist>, and her songs are often characterized by themes of
> love, relationships, and monogamy, as well as female sexuality and
> empowerment.>
> Not just one of those old-timey feminists, but one who knows the cachet of
> a little squiggle.
> 
Not to be confused with a caché of little squiggles.  I've seen "cache" spelled that way and/or pronounced that way ([kaeS'e:], as in "sashay"), and I'm not talking about the past participle (as in the title of the recent Auteuil/Binoche movie, where the accent is intentionally not Hidden).   I'm assuming is the same kind of hyper-foreignism we have in "coup de grace" pronounced as "grah" or Beijing/Taj Mahal pronounced with /Z/ replacing original /dZ/.  

LH
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