Word: frenchness
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...first song in the program, a “lovely lyrical song,” was followed by a second, parodied version that, according to Darnton, helped topple the French government...
...mail” popularly translates as—you guessed it—“e-mail.” At least partly thanks to the spread of the internet and of American technology, English words are appearing not only here in Spain but worldwide: the French “faire du snowboarding;” a Chinese teenager “yao mai yi ge DVD” (wants to buy a DVD). The globalization of English is, it seems, unstoppable. In response, political institutions around the world are attempting to halt English’s spread...
...Language, such concerned citizens fail to realize, is a living organism; languages have always grown, evolved, and eventually died out and will doubtless continue to do so. Today’s French, Italian and Spanish effectively “killed off” Latin. In mainland China, a simplified script and the phonetic system pinyin have replaced the traditional script. Modern English includes “you,” but rarely Shakespeare’s “thee” or “thou...
...Paris had eased considerably during the third consecutive night of unrest. But even if the relative calm restored to the housing projects of Villiers-le-Bel lessened fears France might be experiencing the same kind of outbreak of violence in Paris's "banlieues" which spread to over 300 French towns in 2005, there was one reason for jittery French observers to hold their breath. Just as there were signs of cooling tempers among rioting youths, French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed that he planned to hunt them down and haul them to court. His first move was to visit police officers...
...massive deployment of riot officers helped bring near order to the area Tuesday evening. Limited skirmishes were in stark contrast to the pitched battles, arson and even gunshots that rioters inflicted on police during the previous two evenings. Fear that unrest would spread to similarly disgruntled residents of blighted French projects - as it did in 2005 - waned, meanwhile, when youths who had torched cars in handful of towns neighboring Villiers-le-Bel on Monday night remained peaceful. However, nearly 20 cars were burned and two arson attempts against libraries were unsuccessfully attempted in projects outside of Toulouse where clashes...