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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by bewo001 on Monday April 01, 2019 @04:57AM (#19541605)
The German 'Duden' is comparable in its role to Webster/Johnson. A private dictionary publisher who somehow managed to be regarded as the standard for a language.
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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by seszett on Monday April 01, 2019 @05:11AM (#19541665)
That's the Larousse for French, or the competing Robert. Or the Littré if you're a writer with pedant and traditionalist tendencies.

The Académie is not the main reference for orthography (and its dictionary is incomplete) or for the general rules of the French language, its goal is to steer the language towards consistency, and recognize whatever new usage emerges.

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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by datdata on Monday April 01, 2019 @06:56AM (#19542083)
orthographe = spelling. No offense intended. Just trying to help.
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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by seszett on Monday April 01, 2019 @07:42AM (#19542352)
Indeed, the Académie actually defines orthography while the dictionaries are only references for spelling.
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