LL-L "Language politics" 2004.10.15 (06) [E]

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From: Tom Maguire <jmaguire at pie.xtec.es>
Subject: LL-L "Language politics" 2004.10.14 (15) [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
>
Hello All,

I must say that I think the French Canadians do a much better job of
pushing forward the language than do European speakers I know of.
"Courriel" is a word that springs to mind as a replacement for e-mail. I
think that the pressure to adapt language in French Canada must be high
and, as far as I know, the attitude is not one of prohibition, as in
French policy towards the cinema and advertising language,  but
adaptation - to English, of course.

Regards,

Tom

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