View from Paris: American English, powered by free market forces, wins battle of the languages
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler PARIS — A long linguistic battle between French and English appears to have been settled; English won. Some twenty-five years after legislation to specifically defend use of the French language, and protect its patrimony throughout the land, what’s known as the Toubon law has become a quaint footnote. […]