On 18/10/06, Frédéric Brégier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On dit "mother language" en anglais, "tongue" c'est pour l'organe, >Attention au sens de ta phrase ;) Comme quoi, tous les dictionnaires ne sont pas bons ! (ma source = Dictionnaire Hachette Oxford électronique ;-(
No, your dictionary is correct, we do say mother tongue in English. In fact I think it would be more idiomatic than mother language which I have never heard used in the UK. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mother%20tongue RG
