On 11/12/03 16:36, in article , "Charles
Hawtrey" wrote:

Probably for the same reason that the Academie Française worries over
the incursion of terms such as "email" into the language;

The Academie might worry about this but nobody else does!

They do funny things anyway, the elected Giscard to their body today.

and the same reason that French Canadians go around with rulers
to make sure that on bilingual signs the font on the French
version is not smaller than the font on the English version. (Yes, they
really do this.) The obsession of the French with preserving their language
and culture against outside influence is something many of us find difficult
to comprehend, but in the end it's their own business.

Are you aware of the anti-Hispanic sentiment in the USA!!

Language protectionism is pretty strong, Anglos don`t want any instruction
in Spanish.

Languages don`t need protecting, they take a course of evolution which
is largely uncontrolled by those who speak it.

Earl