In message <Xns99BEE0D44EC14duncanbooth@127.0.0.1>, Duncan Booth wrote:

> Steve Holden <steve@holdenweb.com> wrote:
>
>>> No, that will uppercase the string, but it doesn't (and shouldn't)
>>> strip the accents:
>>>
>> I can agree that is doesn't (though I am taking your word for it), but
>> a French person will definitely feel it's doing the wrong thing. Upper
>> case letters aren't accented in written French.
>>
> I didn't know that, and I'm not sure I believe it: but then the French
> tend to have conventions honoured more in the breach than the observance.

Second most diabolical spelling system in the world ... after English.