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‘English is not a language – it’s just badly spoken French’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFew would deny that English has conquered the world. But the French have always refused to take this...
Finding My Latinidad Meant Leaving Behind Everything I Knew To Be True
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhenIreflect on my childhood in Puerto Rico, I realize how the island can be like a bubble that...
French airport ordered to change its ‘trendy’ English name
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe airport was ordered to pay symbolic damages of €1 and legal fees of €2,500 - GOOGLE STREETVIEW...
Violent protests challenge French view on race
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhat does it mean to be French? It’s been more than 1,500 years since the first French kingdom was founded; more than 480 years since French became the...
France is facing national culinary humiliation at the hands of the US
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoI spent my 13th birthday in France with the family of my French pen-friend, who celebrated the...
The Italian government wants to ban foreign words, just like the fascists did in 1923
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe way history is repeating itself in Italy is a bit on the nose as of late, with the current...
France officially bans English gaming terms like 'eSports' and 'streaming'
Engadget· 2 years agoDespite widespread use of English terms in business and elsewhere, the French government has decided...
Spanish Royal Academy rejects suggestion to change language's name to 'Ñamericano'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe director of the Spanish-speaking world's top linguistic institution on Monday rejected an Argentinian author's suggestion to rename the Spanish language to “Ñamericano” to reflect the continent ...
Priests and politics: The separation of church and state
SC Cloud | St. Cloud Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt Sunday Mass a few weeks ago, I was listening to the homily in my usual benign trance when I was jolted awake by hearing our priest urging our Catholic political leaders to vote according ...
