Circumflex artery

human1011 on Instagram: "There’s some other uses of circumflex that don’t necessarily correspond to etymological S, but this holds generally true #language #linguistics #french #circumflex #history"

Laura BT on Instagram: "French uses 5 main written accents that affect pronunciation and meaning: 1 - The acute accent (é) produces a closed “ay” sound, while the grave accent (è) creates an open “eh” sound. The grave accent also appears on “à” and “ù” to distinguish homophones. 2 - The circumflex (ê, â, ô, û) marks historical spelling changes or pronunciation variations. 3 - The diaeresis (ï, ë) indicates that a vowel is pronounced separately from the preceding letter, as in “Noël.” 4 - Finally