Why the partial disappearance of the circumflex on the "i" and the "U"

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Oscar Sivale

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what about the similar nouns can be in French and English without circumflex ?
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this symbol denotes the missing S which vanished over the years, for ex forest became fôret , hospital became hôpital. Although this circumflex is used for the sake of pronunciation for the vowels, for i and u there is no such actual reason, even though a part of circumflex is present, it doesn't...
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this symbol denotes the missing S which vanished over the years, for ex forest became fôret , hospital became hôpital. Although this circumflex is used for the sake of pronunciation for the vowels, for i and u there is no such actual reason, even though a part of circumflex is present, it doesn't affect any sound when its applied on i and u. it just indicates that some letter ( S) has vanished with time. read less
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It does not affect the pronunciation as it does for a, e and o. example : mur and mûr will sound same.
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Apparently it does not affect the pronunciation in the cases of î and û, so the French Academy decided to drop it.
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