On 3/16/2011 9:52 AM, Thibouille wrote:
Yeah, the Académie Française is for that matter, really, a bunch of
old rats (and this is mean to real rats).
It is true that a language can't accept every word coming from outside
(english most of the time) but the way they deal with the issue is
laughable to say the least.
Hamburger is not supposed to be used in french and its definition is:
"Bifteck haché et grillé, servi dans un petit pain rond et chaud."
Easy to use isn't it?
ROTFL
Beefshteks is a Russian word. But then again we met, Thibs, and had our
fun comparing French and broken French/Dutch/German/etc (a.k.a. Russian).
Boris
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