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Originally Posted by YOWetal
The more extreme view of each is everyone on the street must put up christmas lights, eat pork at the street BBQ and shouldn't be allowed to use any accents.
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The New York Times (and various other US media) certainly still make a point of writing Montreal and Quebec without any accents (all while dutifully writing Guantánamo and other Spanish place names with their accents).
I've always found it so funny (and revealing on many levels).
At my Ivy League university in the US I had to wait for 6 months to get my Master's degree with the accent on my name. One has to be patient! (you had to go to a special desk to make a special request to get your name written with its accents)