Talk:Siege of Orléans (1563)

Despite the French spelling of the city name as "Orléans", the siege is nearly always spelt as "Orleans" in English sources; in fact I couldn't find one with the French spelling. --Bermicourt (talk) 20:19, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

:i don't see why english sources spelling the city name wrong should change how we spell it as an encyclopedia

:moreover

:salmon 1975 in discussing the siege spells it with the accent

:carroll 2009 in discussing the siege spells it with the accent

:sutherland 1963 in discussing the siege spells it with the accent

:wood 2002 in discussing the siege spells it with the accent

:holt 2005 in discussing the siege spells it with the accent

:knecht 2010 in discussing the siege spells it with the accent

:shimizu 1970 in discussing the siege spells it with the accent

:baumgartner 1995 in discussing the siege spells it with the accent

:roelker 1996 in discussing the siege by henri iv a few decades later spells it with the accent

:in fact the only english text that discusses the siege that i own that does not use an accent is thompson 1909, so im not sure what sources you're looking at Sovietblobfish (talk) 11:59, 25 September 2022 (UTC)