>>It is so interesting that the French are so protective of their language
>>that they have a ministry of language.  I can't fault them for wanting
>>to have a 'pure' language (as pure as a language can be that descends
>>from other languages).
>
>
> It's a reaction to the fact that English is the Lingua Franca of the world
> :-)
> Gives one a sense of Deja Vu. Wonder what sense the French get when they
> have that feeling :-)?

I seem to recall that a certain German dictator went through a similar loop
with words like "telephone" and "television", instead insisting on rather
unwieldy German long words being used.

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