Stop fighting anglicisms, they are our family after all

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English and French are cousin languages.

Linguist Julie Neveux proclaims it loud and clear in her latest book,

, it is a little ridiculous to fight against anglicisms.

"It's as if at a family reunion you were furious to find that your cousins ​​look like you," laughs Julie Neveux.

The linguist pleads for anglicisms for two reasons.

First, because it is the meaning of history to see languages ​​borrow words.

“Half of the English-speaking lexicon comes from the French language,” she recalls.

Then because anglicisms always bring another meaning to the French word which it replaces, even if it is subtle.

For example, “date”, “crush” or “like” cannot be translated as date, crush or loved.

Julie Neveux explains all this in the video of our partner, Brut.

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