speaking "right"

I don't know much about other languages, but one thing's for sure: in French, France is quite egocentrical. It is the only French-speaking place that doesn't recognize (i was told Africa does) title feminization, and it seems to denigrate any norm NOT from the Academy (my brother-in-law-to-be showed it).

What about other languages? Does Spain try to dominate the Spanish language? What about England? Germany? Russia?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

I also know that Quebecois have mutated the French language pretty damned well. I'll be fucked if I go up there and either UNDERSTAND them or they understand ME.

Unless you were using very... French expressions, then those people were just kidding you; there'S NO way ppl in Quebec can't understand France's french. All our cartoons were dubbed there

Quote:

It goes without saying that any "colony" (I use that term loosely) or establishemnt of a nation or peoples that have a foreign mothertongue will tend to mutate the language to their needs.

That's what your upper class (Michel Boujenah calls them sown asses) doesn't want to understand. We've always called moose orignal (and not élan); it's not about to change

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by LeHah

Shouldn't this thread's title be "Speaking Properly"

It's with respect to "norms"... i guess my english still needs improvement

Quote:

younger pll thinking they're cool use many foreign English words

a german friend of mine told me that political science professors use many English words; they don't translate them

as for the "coolness": french has that problem too. Should English be a disease (i do it only for the purpose of the comparison ), then France is terminally ill

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.