French academic who waged war on English language dies

[Francis Hult]

Telegraph

 

French academic who waged war on English language dies

 

He became famous for his angry tirades against the invasion of English into French. 

 

He spent decades trying to rid his language of hundreds of foreign words - everything from "supermodel" and "takeaway" to "low-cost airline" and email" - which he claimed destroyed the purity of his mother tongue. 

 

Even such obscure terms as 'shadowboxing', 'detachable motor caravan' and 'suppression subtractive hybridisation' - which have slipped into French usage - were included in his banned lists.

 

Full story:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/5158969/French-academic-who-waged-war-on-English-language-dies.html

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