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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by bhaak on Monday April 01, 2019 @04:14AM (#19541448)
This list doesn't say what scope those regulators have.

I only know the situation for German and there the "Council for German Orthography" only regulates orthography not language and word usage, so take this list with a grain of salt.

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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by 4ad on Monday April 01, 2019 @04:30AM (#19541509)
Also, they don't carry swords and wear $50k robes. Quite the difference.
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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by gerard2 on Monday April 01, 2019 @07:08AM (#19542136)
Germans are not allowed to play around with sharp objects anymore
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