The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked

Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by realusername on Monday April 01, 2019 @04:16AM (#19541454)

Most European countries have a similar language board, English is more an exception than anything else.

And there's not much Gaulish influence in French, here is the full (and small) list of words originating from Gaulish: https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cat%C3%A9gorie:Mots_en_fran%C...

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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by gpvos on Monday April 01, 2019 @05:15AM (#19541676)

I don't think any of those have so much pomp and circumstance about their functioning and composition, though.

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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by gerard2 on Monday April 01, 2019 @07:20AM (#19542210)

Stop hating on our classy habit vert. French people like having a history, as complex, bloody and sometime shameful it is. We are an old country and we have traditions. The english people have their royal family, the US have their rusty nuclear warheads and we have the institutions de la république.

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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by Ericson2314 on Monday April 01, 2019 @08:53AM (#19542734)

They all have rusty nukes shhhh.

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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by tozeur on Monday April 01, 2019 @08:07AM (#19542478)

Good points, monsieur.

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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by 4ad on Monday April 01, 2019 @12:42PM (#19545224)

Ah, yes, the good old whataboutism.

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