OT- Spelling is out.

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Alneyan:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
I was talking about the laws and the official governemnt institution to maintain the purity and such of the French language, not just some stuffy academians.

Oh, I gather you are speaking of the "rules" (not exactly laws, but desirable translations, yes it is quite the same) to use French "equivalents" of English words. These ones aren't commonly used and usually funny or ludicrous. But perhaps you are also refering to other oddities? I am not too interested in the strange instructions coming from the French government concerning the language myself.

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Well I don't know about laws about what gets made 'offically french' but the french here in Canada (in Quebec) certainly have laws that make damn sure you use the french language. Yes they actually have language cops. It's illegal to put up a sign in front of your business unless it is in French too. And the French has to be bigger I believe. You can't even run an English only web site in Quebec. I even read a story were kids on a shool ground were reprimanded for speaking English. I don't know why this bugs me so much since I live in Ontario but it does. It's just so unbelievably undemocratic. heck I would go so far as to call it racist.