Learn how to spell résumé
Attention people of the world. Please learn how to spell résumé. It has two accent aigus — one on each “e.”
The HTML for this is résumé.
If your computer/email program cannot handle accented characters reliably, “resume” is acceptable.
However, “résume” and “resumé” are never correct.
Thank you.
September 4th, 2007 at 10:27 am
People of the word – did you mean ‘world’? ;) Sorry, couldn’t resist – and yes, I agree, but where English is the lingua franca (oh the irony) of the world, things like using accents – let alone the right ones, or even knowing what they’re called – seem strange to so many people. My bugaboo is also know as the ‘little dots’ syndrome… umlauts, people, they’re called umlauts!
Language is such a limitation anyway…
September 8th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
They’re only called umlauts in German in a few other languages.
In French, it’s called a diaeresis, e.g in Noël (Christmas) or Michaëlle Jean (Canada’s Governor-General).
December 29th, 2008 at 11:37 am
thanks!! ;-)
February 24th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Without the accents, it’s a diffrent word: “to take up — or begin — anew” As in” “to resume conducting business.”
May 27th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Someone should tell Webster’s dictionary that they incorrectly state that resume and resumé are correct variants! Who does the dictionary think they are, trying to tell us how words are spelt, I mean spelled.
August 4th, 2009 at 1:17 am
I agree with Mr. Schreiber. The word in question should be spelled
résumé, but let’s discuss why.
Without the accents, “résumé” becomes “resume”, which means “to begin again”.
“Resume” has a silent “e” on the end of it, making the first “e” long as in “Pete”.
To make “resume” into “résumé”, you must put accents over each “e”, creating the short “e” sound as in “bed”.
I’m a professor, but I used to be an elementary teacher. So, I know these things.
Hope this helps! Class is dismissed.
August 6th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Sorry, but I would take you more seriously if you capitalized your name in the header and page title. Who do you think you are, e.e. cummings? ass.
August 6th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Hey Mohandas, E.E. Cummings spelled his name with capital letters. Only his poetry was lowercase.
February 14th, 2010 at 7:30 am
Nope, not doin’ it. I’m way too American to put more than one accent over a letter per word. Don’t care if it’s wrong. American English makes it’s own rules, and if enough of us say no to this French nonsense, then it will become the vernacular of the people and it will become the new accepted correct spelling. Oh….. wait, it already is. BYE GRAMMAR NAZIS! :D