Politics

[prozak at anus.com]

> >> The French Academy have tried to compete with English by moving to eliminate
> >> those Anglicisms which have crept into the French language, and some
> >> provinces apparently do not allow parents to christen their children with
> >> non-"French" names.
> > 
> > That's excellent. I'd hate to think of the French dying out.
> 
> No, that isn't the issue. The French would like their language to be able to
> compete again with English on the international stage. Thirty or forty years
> ago it appeared much more likely that French, not English, would become the
> "global" language. But with the advent of new technologies and media, and
> the economic, political and cultural ascendancy of the U.S. in particular,
> it is English which has lucked out.

Thanks for the clarification. Too bad - competing with the USA is a 
bad move. It's too big and uh, economically aggressive. They should 
aim instead for a locally self-sufficient economy...

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