Comments on: Linky Goodness, June 11

By: Eva White

Eva White — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:42:39 +0000

Great links as usual. Yes you do not amaze me anymore. I expect wonders from you and get them each time. Eva White's last blog post..Canada’s Apology To The Indian People

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:45:12 +0000

The Office is the French Canadian equivalent of the Academy; there’s also a Council for the Development of French in Louisiana. Outside of Canada and Louisiana, the language is “regulated” by the Academy.

And of course, the French would strongly disagree with your assessment of the Quebecois .

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:37:13 +0000

In Quebec, courriel has been used for ages…because we have something called the “Office québécois de la langue française” that is an organization and charter that tries to protect French language and culture. No matter how strange it sounds (being surrounded by Anglophones) and how much the French make fun of Quebecers’ accents, Quebecers probably speak more “French” then the French.

Oh, and AIDS is SIDA in French…

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:41:16 +0000

That has nothing to do with the Academy. AIDS and NATO are acronyms; French (like Spanish and probably most languages) translates the full titles and creates acronyms from them.

In Spanish, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is síndroma de inmunodeficiencia adquirida, or SIDA. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is the organización del tratado del Atlántico norte, or OTAN. (Presumably the French equivalents are quite similar.)

Why would we expect other cultures to use the English titles for international things like diseases and trade agreements?

By: Warenwirtschaft

Warenwirtschaft — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:31:33 +0000

The french always do these things.
AIDS id CIDA in french
NATO is OTAN
I think they have some patriotic defect. My language is german and there are some people who try to do the same for the german language but everyone just laughs about them.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:40:37 +0000

It’s a pity that Frenchmen has such academy,but Englishmen does not. Why?

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:48:57 +0000

Actually, the surprising thing is that it’s taken this long. The French Academy is allegedly quite adamant about not borrowing English terms.

I’d be surprised if this catches on quickly, if at all. But they made a good choice, I think, making it sound cool.

By: Blog Marketing Journal

Blog Marketing Journal — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:59:52 +0000

The first tidbit is quite crazy -- doing away with the term email? Wow! Those French are quite bold eh? Blog Marketing Journal's last blog post..Promoting Affiliates For Blogging Income

By: Sean Maguire

Sean Maguire — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:47:56 +0000

“When it comes to Linky Goodness, sometimes I even amaze myself”

You are truly a legend in your own mind!

Chocolate chip please.

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:48:16 +0000

Cookie to WD!

By: WD

WD — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:30:14 +0000

“When it comes to Linky Goodness, sometimes I even amaze myself”

That doesn’t sound too hard.

(So no one thinks I’m being rude, it was Princess Leia to Han Solo).
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000002/quotes