Project Gutenberg 2012-10-18 Public domain in the USA. 114 Meigret, Louis, active 16th century Maigret, Louïs Maigret, Louis Meygret, Louis Traité touchant le commun usage de l'escriture françoise Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "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.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41099/41099-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr French language -- Orthography and spelling PC Text FR Langues Category: French Literature Category: Language & Communication 185877 2025-08-16T15:04:57.686769 text/html 162790 2024-10-23T11:31:05 text/html 318673 2025-08-16T15:05:00.913715 application/epub+zip 315033 2025-08-16T15:04:58.378692 application/epub+zip 138048 2025-08-16T15:04:58.110717 application/epub+zip 401490 2025-08-16T15:05:03.299725 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381033 2025-08-16T15:05:00.630695 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204333 2022-09-18T18:43:31.673337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170039 2025-08-16T15:04:57.455742 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 150010 2024-10-23T11:31:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16440 2025-08-16T15:05:03.500728 application/rdf+xml 21787 2025-08-16T15:04:58.181738 image/jpeg 3289 2025-08-16T15:04:58.146745 image/jpeg 248618 2025-08-16T15:04:57.708697 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia