étude or etude?

[ryguillian]

Does anyone know the rule of thumb for using étude or etude? The only (somewhat) consistent spelling convention I've seen is use "étude" for lower-case and "Etude" for upper-case. However, I'm not sure if this is correct. Also, while on the topic of French names, does anyone know what "Le Festin d'Esope" means? I know the first part means "The Feast of". However, I've been unable to surmise the meaning of "Esope" (or "Ésope" as Wikipedia indicates) other than that it has something to do with Ancient Greece.

[rodrk352]

Ever heard of Aesop's fairy tales? That's the one.
In English, etude without the accent is okay. Unless you're writing to a French person and you want to be absolutely correct.

[Vivers]

In written French, you don't put accents on capital letters, so while it should be spelled étude, if the e is capitalised, then it's written Etude. But pronounciation's the same.

[SteinwayTony]

Ever heard of Aesop's fairy tales? That's the one.
In English, etude without the accent is okay. Unless you're writing to a French person and you want to be absolutely correct.

The word etude does not exist in the English language, so the accent technically should be present no matter what language you're speaking.  Similar words are résumé and naďve. 

[maxy]

proper spelling= étude or Étude...  (yes: É)

In the old days, we did not care about the accents on capital letters.  Now we do! 
Actually we don't care that much... etude/Etude won't kill us! 

[musik_man]

The word etude does not exist in the English language, so the accent technically should be present no matter what language you're speaking. Similar words are résumé and naďve.

The word 'etude' does exist in the English language, even if it has a French origin.  A huge amount of English words have a foreign derivation.

[Regulus Medtner]

Ever heard of Aesop's fairy tales? That's the one.

It's Aesop's fables, actually. Fairy tales are an altogether english invention.

[SteinwayTony]

The word 'etude' does exist in the English language, even if it has a French origin.  A huge amount of English words have a foreign derivation.

https://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=etude&x=0&y=0

[musik_man]

[EDIT] This is really unimportant.  I'd rather not start a fight about it.

[rodrk352]

    Apropos of accent marks, there is a funny anecdote about Brahms, told in "The Unknown Brahms," by Robert Haven Schauffler:

   <<With the highly Bohemian name of his friend Dvořák he liked to play fast and loose, amusing himself by barricading a double hedge of fanciful, self-invented accents and expression marks, thus:
                                                   ,
                                                Dvořák
                                                  ,  ,,v