ɯᴉuoʇuɐ@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-27 months agoAre you sure about this, L'Académie-sensei?NSFWlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down14
arrow-up1142arrow-down1imageAre you sure about this, L'Académie-sensei?NSFWlemmy.dbzer0.comɯᴉuoʇuɐ@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squarezkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·7 months agoTo be clear, this is a falsified version of this article from 2022 (“French officials told to abandon gaming Anglicisms”)
minus-squareDeebster@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 months agoI just checked if this exists (before I saw your post). It’s excellent satire as it could so easily be true.
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·7 months ago this is a falsified version of this …dumbarse me fell for it. Damn. (In my own defence it’s the sort of shit the French academy would propose.)
minus-squareɯᴉuoʇuɐ@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoYep https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61647192
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoYe gods! Don’t get me started on the stupid anglicisms in gaming. It’s fucking infuriating! But what can you do…
minus-squarejbrains@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThat makes sense. This seems more likely to come from Québecois language purists than French ones. 😉
To be clear, this is a falsified version of this article from 2022 (“French officials told to abandon gaming Anglicisms”)
I just checked if this exists (before I saw your post). It’s excellent satire as it could so easily be true.
…dumbarse me fell for it. Damn. (In my own defence it’s the sort of shit the French academy would propose.)
Yep
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61647192
Ye gods! Don’t get me started on the stupid anglicisms in gaming. It’s fucking infuriating! But what can you do…
That makes sense. This seems more likely to come from Québecois language purists than French ones. 😉