On 2003.05.30 13:17, Eric Fernandez wrote:
And for a French it is not so simple. Apparently the academy accepts both the latin plural medium/media, but also the French mark of plural, the final 's' : mediums. I wonder what would say the Quebec Franch language academy, since they are even more rigorous than the French themselves :-D
Yes and no.
Parisians say 'le weekend', while we say 'la fin de semaine', yet while Parisians say 'une blague', we say 'un joke'.
As for the media/medium/mediums question, I don't know what most Quebecers would say.
My 'Canadian French' dictionary is at home.
Austin
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