Politics

[Paul Mackin]

On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 09:15, Terrance wrote:

  English has no equivalent to the  Academy
> Francaise and it's safe to say it never will because the idea that
> Language can or should be subjected to the dictatorial control of an
> elite sitting in an ivory tower is repugnant to English language
> speakers. It is as offensive and as obnoxious as censorship itself. 


Is is apocryphal or did Charles deGaulle once say that it was impossible
to lie in French?

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