>The word accent has more than one meaning, in both English and French. And the word 'accent' is spelled the same in both languages. And the accented letter that I am talking about has nothing to do with the stress. Hence the title of the thread is not accurate: accent could be how you write and not how you say.
>But you know that; you just like to talk to me :)

How long are you in the US now? I'd expect that, for you, the primary meaning of the word is "small but visually attractive element of interior decoration".