sexta-feira, maio 14, 2021

'Gender-neutral' language 'harmful' to French language, banned in French schools

France ruled last week to ban the use of 'gender neutral' spellings of French words, citing that the usage of such is "harmful" to the French language.
Gender equality advocates were pushing for new spellings of French words that included full stops in the middle of words which they called "midpoints," to allow for both male and female spellings of words.
Academie Francaise, or the French Academy, who is responsible for preserving the French language, called the move "harmful to the practice and understanding of French." (...)