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Submitted by Chris Ewing-Weisz on August 22, 2023, at 9:08

I greatly appreciated your clarification of the different pronunciations of the French août and its derivatives, and have also enjoyed this article on the English word.

One additional note is required on the English word(s): the month August is accented on the first syllable, but the adjective august is accented on the second. (I checked this in a dictionary just to be sure!)
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