From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Evelyn C. Leeper  wrote:   
   >   
   >The French have the Academie Francaise, but the French still continue to   
   >use anglicisms such as "email" (rather than "courriel") and "streaming"   
   >(rather than "diffusion en direct"). Given how independent-minded   
   >Americans can be, why on earth would you think an official language   
   >academy would have any effect?   
      
   The problem with the French, Spanish, and Swedish academies is that they   
   have no actual enforcement capacity.  Once we start putting people in jail   
   for using "party" as a verb and for incorrect use of semicolons, then we   
   will see some progress in language standardization.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)