Would you write it as...?

Question

For all you linguistically sensitive people out there: would you write Smorgasbord or Smörgåsbord? "a la" or "à la"? "Cyber cafe" or "Cyber café"? And so on. On the one hand, it seems "correct" to use all those foreign accents and things, but on the other hand, it seems standardised to just Anglicise everything.

Answer 1

Smorgasbord
a la carte
Cyber Cafe sometimes Cafe' but not usually

This is America, not France or wherever else. Write it the American way when you are in America.

Answer 2

It's best to use the accents. To Anglicise a foreign language is slightly insulting to the people of that language.