IP: The French are banning the use of English terms like email

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 18:33:24 -0500
> To: david Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> From: Karen Ellis <guavaberry () earthlink net>
> Subject: The French are banning the use of English terms like email
>
> I saw this URL on another listserv. Apparently the French are banning the
> use of certain English terms such as IPO, stock options an email.
> ex:  "messagerie" instead of e-mail.
>
> For details read the article:
> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/000306-000018.html>
>
>
> Seems this has been building over the past few years.
>
> The Academie Francaise wants to preserve the French language, so they are 
> trying to limit the  amount of Western (read: American) words that enter 
> their daily vocabulary.
> Of course, the AF is made up of mostly men, and has been that way for most
> of its existence. Fun fact for Monday: First woman on the AF was in the
> 1970s.
>
> MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/Home_Teachers.html>