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Date:      Sat, 25 May 2002 15:17:23 +0200
From:      Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>
To:        Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
Cc:        Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson@visit.se>, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Annelise Anderson <andrsn@ANDRSN.STANFORD.EDU>, Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@regency.nsu.ru>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha clock.c
Message-ID:  <20020525131723.GA3092@lpt.ens.fr>
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Brad Knowles said on May 25, 2002 at 14:24:00:
> many younger French speakers tend to speak English pretty easily but 
> also seem to be less interested in keeping to the strict rules 
> dictated by l'Academie Française (or the equivalent in their 
> country),

That's probably a sign of health.  You yourself implied that some time
back (you called the control by the Académie a sign of a dead
language).

> and seem to be less interested in keeping the French 
> language itself alive.

I don't see any evidence of that, in France anyway.  True, many
younger people speak good English, but not in preference to French --
only out of necessity when dealing with foreigners.  And they still
prefer to speak French if the foreigners know French too.

France is a big country and, even outside France, French is a popular
and admired language.  An import of a few foreign words, even if
against the wishes of the Académie, will not destroy it, any more than
the import of all those French words over the centuries have destroyed
English. 

- Rahul

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