I lurves me some words and language. Which causes me some pet peeves and admitted philosophical inconsistencies.Language is a living, breathing thing. The French choose to ignore this, and via the Academy, try to give French usages the force of law. Which gives us good movie fodder, for those of you who remember "Royal with Cheese" vice "Quarter Pounder with Cheese.But language is one place where the masses of the great unwashed can, and do, thumb their noses at the patrician elites. The French use the dictionary to beat you over the head. The Anglosphere uses the dictionary to try...
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