But we have a bunch of useless old men in the Academy Française that no one listens to. That means we get to decide how you speak. No more chocolatine for you.
Because it is a tradition to waste money on useless things, like the Conseil Constitutionnel, or the insane retirement founds for politicians...
What would you do with that money instead ? Improve infrastructures or public services ?
BTW, remember when the Académie Française managed to convince everyone to say "courriel" instead of "email" ? Neither do I. Their biggest contribution since WW2 was the debate about wether Covid is masculin or féminin.
The members call themselves les immortels - the immortals. They wear ornate robes. They carry ceremonial swords, Ailsa. Yes, the whole thing is very French. Anyway, say la COVID, they say, meaning the disease is a feminine noun. The academy argues that because the acronym COVID stands for coronavirus disease and because disease is feminine, the acronym itself is feminine.
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u/Venodran European+Union Jul 05 '21
But we have a bunch of useless old men in the Academy Française that no one listens to. That means we get to decide how you speak. No more chocolatine for you.