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Should this article, or at least mentions of Quebec within it, be Quebec or Québec? Even a lot of 'Merkins know that it's pronounced Kay-Beck by most of its inhabitants. And the list of cities at the bottom of the page should either have accents on all of them or on none of them.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 19:25, 2 January 2008 (CST)
Should this article, or at least mentions of Quebec within it, be Quebec or Québec? Even a lot of 'Merkins know that it's pronounced Kay-Beck by most of its inhabitants. And the list of cities at the bottom of the page should either have accents on all of them or on none of them.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 19:25, 2 January 2008 (CST)
:Yes, consistency.  Pronunciation aside, anglophones don't normally use the accent; I googled 'Lévis'/'Levis' & the same seems to apply, so I shall remove it there too. Voilà! [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 08:52, 3 January 2008 (CST)
:Yes, consistency.  Pronunciation aside, anglophones don't normally use the accent; I googled 'Lévis'/'Levis' & the same seems to apply, so I shall remove it there too. Voilà! [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 08:52, 3 January 2008 (CST)
::And, I notice, there  was no accent on Trois-Rivieres. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 08:56, 3 January 2008 (CST)

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Should this article, or at least mentions of Quebec within it, be Quebec or Québec? Even a lot of 'Merkins know that it's pronounced Kay-Beck by most of its inhabitants. And the list of cities at the bottom of the page should either have accents on all of them or on none of them.... Hayford Peirce 19:25, 2 January 2008 (CST)

Yes, consistency. Pronunciation aside, anglophones don't normally use the accent; I googled 'Lévis'/'Levis' & the same seems to apply, so I shall remove it there too. Voilà! Ro Thorpe 08:52, 3 January 2008 (CST)
And, I notice, there was no accent on Trois-Rivieres. Ro Thorpe 08:56, 3 January 2008 (CST)
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