02208cam a22002893u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000400011324500650015326400510021830000470026933600260031633700260034233800360036850000310040450802420043552011050067753400450178265300480182785600430187541099UtSlPG20260610133935.0mcr n260607r2012||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afr2iso639-1 4aPC1 aMeigret, Louis, active 16th century10aTraité touchant le commun usage de l'escriture françoise 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2012  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2012-10-18  aProduced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed
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Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at
http://gallica.bnf.fr)  a"Traité touchant le commun usage de l'escriture françoise" by Loys Meigret is a linguistic treatise written in the 16th century. This work discusses the rules and common practices associated with writing in the French language, focusing on the errors and confusions that arise from inconsistencies between spelling and pronunciation. It is likely of interest to those engaged in the study and appreciation of the French language and its evolution.  The opening of the treatise introduces the author's critical examination of the French writing system, arguing that it is fraught with faults due to a disconnection from phonetic pronunciation. Meigret outlines the various ways in which the writing is corrupt—through the superfluity or omission of letters, and the misuse of certain characters that obscure meaning and lead to misreading. He emphasizes the need for a reformed writing system that mirrors the pronunciation more accurately, asserting that the confusion in writing renders it almost useless for clear communication and understanding. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aFrench language -- Orthography and spelling40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41099