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| jimbo baby Groupie United States Joined 6081 days ago 61 posts - 64 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 9 of 28 17 April 2008 at 5:30pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The protectionists are usually from the older generations born before the war. The younger French generations are usually very receptive to the English language and American pop culture. I was looking through the Paris Match magazine and I was amazed to see how much franglais and references to hollywood are used throughout the magazine. I would like to see countries preserve their own identity instead of adopting a foreign identity. The trend toward Anglicization and Americanism is a big problem everywhere, not just in France. Sometimes I wonder if I should even bother studying a foreign language.
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| frenkeld Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6941 days ago 2042 posts - 2719 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German | Message 11 of 28 17 April 2008 at 6:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
This, however, begs the question of whether the US is being stupid while the French are being smart. Edited by frenkeld on 17 April 2008 at 7:04pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| chelovek Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6085 days ago 413 posts - 461 votes 5 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Russian | Message 12 of 28 17 April 2008 at 6:30pm | IP Logged | |||||
There's a huge difference between a language having some borrowed words, and a song for a national contest being sung in English. It would be as silly as having someone sing a German song during the Superbowl halftime show, or a Miss America pageant. --- Side comment about the US: The US technically has no official language, but the common language is without a doubt English. If you want to be naturalized (ie. get US citizenship), you must have a working knowledge of English as well. So, although we don't technically have an official language, I'd say it's "officially unofficially" English. :p Edited by chelovek on 17 April 2008 at 6:36pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7154 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 13 of 28 17 April 2008 at 6:41pm | IP Logged | |||||
Just quoting you so that we all know that we're on the same page. Touchy, aren't we? More to the point (after seeing your posting of this type of article for the nth time in this forum), what do you think of this matter? It's one thing to keep posting articles like this. It'd be another for you to add some of your commentary about it. We won't bite your head off. Promise. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| IbanezFire Senior Member United States Joined 6692 days ago 119 posts - 124 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Russian | Message 14 of 28 17 April 2008 at 6:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, I copied it and it doesn't work.
Deleted my response, because this argument will degenerate into a big ol' POS and everyone will be dumber for reading this thread. So yes, the French are evil. Edited by IbanezFire on 17 April 2008 at 6:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ipanema Newbie United States Joined 6526 days ago 37 posts - 38 votes Studies: French | Message 15 of 28 17 April 2008 at 8:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Isn't something like 30% to 40% of the English vocabulary from French? Because of the medieval occupation of
England by the French. I dunno, most of us have to feel passionate defense about something. So they're defensive about their language. *shrugs* Its kinda comical to me. ^^ 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ZeroTX Groupie United States Joined 6133 days ago 91 posts - 100 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 16 of 28 17 April 2008 at 8:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Were it in the United States, the government would be accused of racism if they attempted to protect the English language. In fact, anyone who attempts to promote English-only in any area is flat out accused of racism by the irrational Left. Perhaps we're jealous that in France they actually stand up for themselves with strong rhetoric, as opposed to the watered-down politically-correct garbage that rule the headlines here.
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