Add check for diacritical marks

README.md

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ You can disable any of the checks by modifying `.proselintrc`.
 | `garner.commercialese` | Avoiding jargon of the commercial world |
 | `garner.dates` | Stylish formatting of dates |
 | `garner.denizen_labels` | Calling people the right names |
+| `garner.diacritical_marks` | Using dïacríticâl marks |
 | `garner.illogic` | Avoiding illogical forms |
 | `garner.jargon` | Avoiding miscellaneous jargon |
 | `garner.malapropisms` | Avoiding common malapropisms |

proselint/.proselintrc

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         "garner.commercialese"          : true,
         "garner.dates"                  : true,
         "garner.denizen_labels"         : true,
+        "garner.diacritical_marks"      : true,
         "garner.false_plurals"          : true,
         "garner.illogic"                : true,
         "garner.jargon"                 : true,

proselint/checks/garner/diacritical_marks.py

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Diacritical marks.
+
+Use of diacritical marks where common.
+"""
+from tools import memoize, preferred_forms_check
+
+
+@memoize
+def check(text):
+    """Suggest the preferred forms."""
+    err = "garner.diacritical_marks"
+    msg = u"Use diacritical marks in '{}'."
+
+    list = [
+        # French loanwords
+        [u"beau idéal",         ["beau ideal"]],
+        [u"boutonnière",        ["boutonniere"]],
+        [u"bric-à-brac",        ["bric-a-brac"]],
+        [u"café",               ["cafe"]],
+        [u"cause célèbre",      ["cause celebre"]],
+        [u"chèvre",             ["chevre"]],
+        [u"cliché",             ["cliche"]],
+        [u"comme ci comme ça",  ["comme ci comme ca", "comsi comsa"]],
+        [u"consommé",           ["consomme"]],
+        [u"coup d'état",        ["coup d'etat"]],
+        [u"coup de grâce",      ["coup de grace"]],
+        [u"crudités",           ["crudites"]],
+        [u"crème brûlée",       ["creme brulee"]],
+        [u"crème de menthe",    ["creme de menthe"]],
+        [u"crème fraîche",      ["creme fraice"]],
+        [u"crème fraîche",      ["creme fresh"]],
+        [u"crêpe",              ["crepe"]],
+        [u"débutante",          ["debutante"]],
+        [u"décor",              ["decor"]],
+        [u"déjà vu",            ["deja vu"]],
+        [u"dénouement",         ["denouement"]],
+        [u"façade",             ["facade"]],
+        [u"fiancé",             ["fiance"]],
+        [u"fiancée",            ["fiancee"]],
+        [u"flambé",             ["flambe"]],
+        [u"garçon",             ["garcon"]],
+        [u"lycée",              ["lycee"]],
+        [u"maître d",           ["maitre d"]],
+        [u"ménage à trois",     ["menage a trois"]],
+        [u"négligée",           ["negligee"]],
+        [u"papier-mâché", ["papier-mache", "paper mache", "paper-mache"]],
+        [u"protégé",            ["protege"]],
+        [u"protégée",           ["protegee"]],
+        [u"purée",              ["puree"]],
+        [u"raison d'être",      ["raison d'etre"]],
+        [u"my résumé",          ["my resume"]],
+        [u"your résumé",        ["your resume"]],
+        [u"his résumé",         ["his resume"]],
+        [u"her résumé",         ["her resume"]],
+        [u"a résumé",           ["a resume"]],
+        [u"the résumé",         ["the resume"]],
+        [u"risqué",             ["risque"]],
+        [u"roué",               ["roue"]],
+        [u"soirée",             ["soiree"]],
+        [u"soufflé",            ["souffle"]],
+        [u"soupçon",            ["soupcon"]],
+        [u"touché",             ["touche"]],
+        [u"tête-à-tête",        ["tete-a-tete"]],
+        [u"voilà",              ["voila"]],
+        [u"à la carte",         ["a la carte"]],
+        [u"à la mode",          ["a la mode"]],
+        [u"émigré",             ["emigre"]],
+
+        # Spanish loanwords
+        [u"El Niño",            ["El Nino"]],
+        [u"jalapeño",           ["jalapeno"]],
+        [u"La Niña",            ["La Nina"]],
+        [u"piña colada",        ["pina colada"]],
+        [u"señor",              ["senor"]],
+        [u"señora",             ["senora"]],
+        [u"señorita",           ["senorita"]],
+
+        # Portuguese loanwords
+        [u"açaí",               ["acai"]],
+
+        # German loanwords
+        [u"doppelgänger",       ["doppelganger"]],
+        [u"Führer",             ["Fuhrer"]],
+        [u"Gewürztraminer",     ["Gewurztraminer"]],
+        [u"vis-à-vis",          ["vis-a-vis"]],
+        [u"Übermensch",         ["Ubermensch"]],
+
+        # Swedish loandwords
+        [u"filmjölk",           ["filmjolk"]],
+        [u"smörgåsbord",        ["smorgasbord"]],
+
+        # Names, places, and companies
+        [u"Beyoncé",            ["Beyonce"]],
+        [u"Brontë",             ["Bronte"]],
+        [u"Brontë",             ["Bronte"]],
+        [u"Champs-Élysées",     ["Champs-Elysees"]],
+        [u"Citroën",            ["Citroen"]],
+        [u"Curaçao",            ["Curacao"]],
+        [u"Häagen-Dazs",        ["Haagen-Dazs", "Haagen Dazs"]],
+        [u"Löwenbräu",          ["Lowenbrau"]],
+        [u"Monégasque",         ["Monegasque"]],
+        [u"Mötley Crüe",        ["Motley Crue"]],
+        [u"Nescafé",            ["Nescafe"]],
+        [u"Queensrÿche",        ["Queensryche"]],
+        [u"Québec",             ["Quebec"]],
+        [u"Québécois",          ["Quebecois"]],
+        [u"Ångström",           ["Angstrom"]],
+        [u"ångström",           ["angstrom"]],
+        [u"Škoda",              ["Skoda"]],
+    ]
+
+    return preferred_forms_check(text, list, err, msg)