It’s real French but it is just as silly in French as if in English we would say “machine for controlling the cooling of air in the interior of the building”, and nobody would use it. The joke about the language police is apt for the general behaviour of the Academie but not actually real in this case. French is probably less stupid than English tbh, although the rules about pronunciation vs spelling are over the top, at least they’re still way more systematic.
The Academie is out of touch with contemporary french language. They got laughted at when they released their latest dictionary which stated FRANC was the official currently, despite the EURO replacing it 20+ years ago.
Commercial dictionaries like Robert or Larousse are more useful or up-to-date. The Academie dictionnary seems mostly useless sadly.
Other way around imo, the structure and the most common verbs are still Germanic, but the majority of vocab over a minimum level of complexity is from French
It’s real French but it is just as silly in French as if in English we would say “machine for controlling the cooling of air in the interior of the building”, and nobody would use it. The joke about the language police is apt for the general behaviour of the Academie but not actually real in this case. French is probably less stupid than English tbh, although the rules about pronunciation vs spelling are over the top, at least they’re still way more systematic.
The Academie is out of touch with contemporary french language. They got laughted at when they released their latest dictionary which stated FRANC was the official currently, despite the EURO replacing it 20+ years ago.
Commercial dictionaries like Robert or Larousse are more useful or up-to-date. The Academie dictionnary seems mostly useless sadly.
English is like 40% bastardized French so the stupidity of each must be in lockstep to some degree
English is French in a German trench coat.
Other way around imo, the structure and the most common verbs are still Germanic, but the majority of vocab over a minimum level of complexity is from French
Or Latin, English lurks in alleyways alongside Japanese to steal people’s words.
Yes, but the very fact that it’s 40% French and 60% other random stuff is what makes it stupider.