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Super French Web Sites

hama7 — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:20:27 -0800

Actually Useful French

BuddhaInABucket — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:12:16 -0800

Phrases you'd really like to know before you go to France. Special bonus how to be an obnoxious lover in French.

Will French surrender to English?

laz-e-boy — Mon, 07 Jul 2003 09:51:16 -0800

Are the days of French as a world language numbered? The French language is still considered a "world language," but it is slowly losing its relevance in an English-dominated world. "What is at stake is the survival of our culture. It is a life or death matter," said Jacques Viot, head of the Alliance Francaise in Paris. Will French finally surrender to English?

blimey charlie the french are getting right hot

johnnyboy — Fri, 02 Aug 2002 03:46:27 -0800

blimey charlie the french are getting right hot under the collar. There is growing indignation in france at the creeping use of the english language. Well now it seems that the EU, with an impeccable track record of supporting the french is suddenly ruffling a few feathers.

Whats that?

semper — Wed, 10 Oct 2001 03:05:43 -0800

Whats that? is what we say, but the french seem to have a different way of asking the same question.

Not Dubbing the Simpsons

joeclark — Fri, 05 Jan 2001 19:38:01 -0800

Not Dubbing the Simpsons The Office de la langue française and others are up in arms (ils capotent) about anglicisms in Internet discourse. Business 2.0 talked about it. Branchez-Vous writes a short, cutting article, giving those who pepper their French with English enough rope to hang themselves. («Dans la catégorie "Un mot français, un mot anglais et hop!," le prix revient à Rational Software France, the e-development company, qui a annoncé la nomination d'André Arich au poste de Partner Manager pour sa filiale française, ainsi que le lancement en France du programme de partenariat Rational Unified Partner Program (RUPP).») ¶ Strangely, French has a nicer word for E-mail than English does: courriel. (Grand Dictionnaire is the OLF's official bilingual tech dictionary.)