LL-L "Language politics" 2004.10.14 (15) [E]

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From: Uilleam Òg mhic Sheumais <goidel.glas at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language politics" 2004.10.13 (12) [E]

Sam wrote:
> LLs:  There were some references to Quebec and Canadian French.  I was
> given to understand that they actually prohibit, police, and actually
> attempt to cleanse foreign influences out of their pure tongue.  I once
> saw on TV wherein 'delicatessen' was forbidden to be used on the store
> sign.   Ironically, we got that word from German and we had no qualms.
> And moreover, there were plenty of German words adopted by the French
> long before Quebec was built.  Regards, Sid

Well, that's an exaggeration, that they're trying to cleanse *all*
foreign influence - it's English. Surrounded as they are by it and
immersed as they are in American culture, they try to keep French
up-to-date and equipped to be a modern, living language - one that
doesn't need to borrow pell-mell from English. Of course, if you
listen to Québécois talk (especially the children) you'll hear things
like "très good" or "c'est kool" and "'bye". So, it's not other
languages they're worried about - it's the dominance of English.

Beannachdan,
Uilleam Òg mhic Sheumais

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