• Wheaties [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    a few years ago, France made it illegal to say “podcast” on television or radio - they didn’t like the English loaner word and insisted on “audio à la demande”

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        3 months ago

        francophones act like they’re the most oppressed minority in the world and french is an endangered language

        meanwhile: half of Africa speaks french and their native languages have been wiped out

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          3 months ago

          Centuries of cultural crybullying.

          Lost their asses in WW2 and still made sure the UN had French as its first official language. france-cool

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      Are the French still dedicated to that bit? I remember when they were doing anti-Arab bullshit laws around 2010 where they were “”““preserving the language.””“” I would have thought they’d wear themselves out when they realize languages don’t stop changing just because your stupid fucking HOA of a government says so.