#Acentúate - Bringing Accents to the Internet Age
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Often when words which are typically accented are used in hashtags or just general social media posts, the accent does not appear. It might seem inconsequential to us, but in Spanish the entire meaning of a word can be morphed by a missing accent. As has been pointed out, perhaps the most errant example is 'Inglés', which when carrying an accent means 'English', but remove the accent and suddenly it means 'Groin'. I would imagine that talking about finding the correct 'groin translation' is liable to confuse a lot of people, and perhaps arouse a few of the weirder ones.
Nos sumamos a la campaña #acentúate de @fundeu porque no es lo mismo ... http://t.co/5G4YN2ky0R pic.twitter.com/6C6lx17LSw
— Prodigioso Volcán (@losdelvolcan) September 16, 2015
A non-profit in Spain called Fundación del Español Urgente (Urgent Spanish Foundation) has decided to tackle the problem at the source with the #Acentúate (accent yourself) campaign. It's fairly basic in practise, all you have to do is tweet something under the hashtag and then write out your reasons for wanting accents to become more widely used online. Thousands of people have gotten in on the act both in and outside of Spain, including actor Antonio Banderas, who in his post talked about respecting the people who read your tweets.
It's just as beneficial for people learning Spanish and other accent-reliant languages as it is for native speakers, as in this day and age you're probably learning a great deal of the rudiments of the written language online and if you're going around saying 'if' (si), when really you want to be saying 'yes' (sí), you're going to end up looking a bit of an imbecil. Oh, sorry, that should be imbécil.
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