ɯᴉuoʇuɐ@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-29 days agoAre you sure about this, L'Académie-sensei?NSFWlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down14
arrow-up1139arrow-down1imageAre you sure about this, L'Académie-sensei?NSFWlemmy.dbzer0.comɯᴉuoʇuɐ@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-29 days agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squarezkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·9 days agoTo be clear, this is a falsified version of this article from 2022 (“French officials told to abandon gaming Anglicisms”)
minus-squareDeebster@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 days agoI just checked if this exists (before I saw your post). It’s excellent satire as it could so easily be true.
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·9 days ago this is a falsified version of this …dumbarse me fell for it. Damn. (In my own defence it’s the sort of shit the French academy would propose.)
minus-squareɯᴉuoʇuɐ@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoYep https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61647192
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoYe gods! Don’t get me started on the stupid anglicisms in gaming. It’s fucking infuriating! But what can you do…
minus-squarejbrains@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 days agoThat makes sense. This seems more likely to come from Québecois language purists than French ones. 😉
To be clear, this is a falsified version of this article from 2022 (“French officials told to abandon gaming Anglicisms”)
I just checked if this exists (before I saw your post). It’s excellent satire as it could so easily be true.
…dumbarse me fell for it. Damn. (In my own defence it’s the sort of shit the French academy would propose.)
Yep
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61647192
Ye gods! Don’t get me started on the stupid anglicisms in gaming. It’s fucking infuriating! But what can you do…
That makes sense. This seems more likely to come from Québecois language purists than French ones. 😉