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on 2/17/03 7:04 PM, prozak at anus.com at prozak at anus.com wrote:

> 
>>>> 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...

It's called the EU.