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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by vic-traill on Sunday April 02, 2023 @07:36PM (#35416584)
> Culture is defined by people, not some sacred thing that needs to be preserved

A counter to this is the Académie Française [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_Fran%C3%A7aise

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by ur-whale on Sunday April 02, 2023 @09:16PM (#35417347)
> A counter to this is the Académie Française

Which happens to be the laughing stock of the rest of the world, good call.

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by nindalf on Monday April 03, 2023 @02:15AM (#35419184)
But without them, how would we have figured out if Covid was male or female?

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/13/le-la-covid-co...

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by orwin on Monday April 03, 2023 @05:21AM (#35420650)
This is the French thing that I'm the most ashamed of. I'd rather defend Napoleon post 4th coalition or any king post Henry IV than the 'académie française'
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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by TRiG_Ireland on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:48AM (#35421894)
If you ignore the Académie Française's overblown sense of self-importance and just treat is as publishing a style guide to be followed by official publications, you'll see it as fairly reasonable. Most countries have a style guide for official publications, don't they?
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