Talk:Pierre Denys de Montfort

Latest comment: 3 years ago by 2601:200:C000:1A0:904:B674:EF84:FEE0 in topic This would be a much better article if ...

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I cannot find the accent aigu é in Denys, nor in his own works, nor in other works, e.g. [1] and [2]. -- Crowsnest (talk) 16:49, 12 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Yes, but you will see that it is listed as a "sometimes spelled", here [3]. You need to download the pdf and find the name Montfort listed alphabetically. Invertzoo (talk) 01:36, 3 February 2010 (UTC)Reply

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This would be a much better article if the passage:

"He proposed that ten British warships that had mysteriously disappeared one night in 1782 must have been attacked and sunk by giant octopuses. Unfortunately for Montfort, the British knew what had happened to the ships, resulting in a disgraceful revelation for Montfort."

did not leave the reader wondering what actually happened to the ships. This is a totally obvious piece of information that would not have been omitted from the article by a capable writer. 2601:200:C000:1A0:904:B674:EF84:FEE0 (talk) 16:12, 13 July 2021 (UTC)Reply