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		taylorius on Oct 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apo... Nah, such a body would surely be the beginning of the end. Anarchy in the UK, including its language!

eastbound on Oct 9, 2024 [–]

France has the Académie Française. Well, no-one respects them. The first woman to enter it was Marguerite Yourcenar and she was strongly antifeminist; And they said to not use the Français.e.s spelling and rather keep the usual “Français(es)”, and suddenly all administrations started the dot-based version.

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