The French have gotten themselves into one of their recurrent linguistic lathers, this one over the changes in their spelling that will be taking effect in the fall. The changes were originally ...
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French speakers will soon have to think twice about how they spell certain words. Changes by the French language council, Académie Française, will simplify the spelling of about 2,400 words, ...
SOMETIMES it really is the little things that count. France faces high unemployment, a divided political establishment and surging xenophobia. But the issue that has the French particularly outraged ...
PARIS — It was a cold but radiant weekend here, the nicest so far this winter. The boulevards of the Right Bank were mobbed with people enticed by post-New Year’s sales. So why did hundreds choose to ...