Oui, peut-être et malheureusement Bernard ;-).
Your meaning is totally clear (as always), but this "evolution"
remains a source of sadness ... sigh!
Chris
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On 24 Nov 2005, at 13:06, Bernard Frangoulis wrote:
> Yes, I have the same problem with the way French
> is now being spoken, for instance on radio or
> television. But I am more and more wondering...
> isn't this actually how languages have always
> evolved, at least in part? Sure, in French as
> well as English, part of the lexicon was created
> by educated people, on the basis of classical
> Latin and Greek words. But many (most?) words
> have evolved more "freely", very often on the
> basis of wrong interpretations of their origin or
> meaning, or of a complete misunderstanding of
> proper word construction logic. (Sorry if I am
> not making myself clear, English is not my native
> language).
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