EPISODE · Apr 10, 2023 · 19 MIN
164. How Was Your Weekend, Fin de Semaine, or Fine Settimana?
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Send us Fan MailI discuss the recent announcement by the Italian government that it is introducing legislation to levy fines on those who use foreign terms, when there is an Italian equivalent, in official documents. I also talk about similar prescriptive tendencies by the governments of France and of the province of Quebec in Canada.Sources:"Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words" (CTV News)https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/italian-government-seeks-to-penalize-the-use-of-english-words-1.6338822Grande dizionario della lingua italianahttps://www.gdli.it/Dictionnaire de l’Académie françaisehttps://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/Vitrine linguistique (Office québécois de la langue française)https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/Oxford English Dictionaryhttps://www.oed.com/
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Send us Fan Mail I discuss the recent announcement by the Italian government that it is introducing legislation to levy fines on those who use foreign terms, when there is an Italian equivalent, in official documents. I also talk about similar prescriptive tendencies by the governments of France and of the province of Quebec in Canada. Sources: "Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words" (CTV News) https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/italian-government-seeks-to-penalize-the-use...
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164. How Was Your Weekend, Fin de Semaine, or Fine Settimana?
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