Young Thomas V., a 30-year-old investor, read an annual report on December 14 for a listed company, in which it explained its sales decline due to the emergence of "Covid-19" disease.

The name of the epidemic was mentioned in the report in the feminine form, which astonished him, so he quickly wrote to the newspaper "Le Figaro" "Should we really be feminine as a covid? Is this not the prerogative of the French Academy?"

In a report published by the French newspaper "Le Figaro", writer Madeleine Metier says, in answer to the young investor's questions, that many have used the word "Covid" in the feminine form for more than 6 months, and are based on a decision issued by the French Academy on May 7.

Impose a fine

Lauren (28 years) proposes to impose a fine of 135 euros on those who feminize Covid in their posts on social networks, and said, "They are the same people who correct spelling errors in Facebook posts, what crazy!"

For his part, Francois (45 years) believes that it is a matter of elderly people who want to show that they are aware that the feminization of Covid explains that the origin of the letter d is due to the English word "Disease" which means "disease", and it is used feminine, but it should not be Confusion with the Corona 2 virus, which is associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome.

He says he has never seen these people except on television.

Why complicate things?

"They are provocative people, I don't understand why they complicate things, everyone uses reminders," said Elizabeth, 58, a director of a medical equipment agency.

The author confirms that 5 supporters of the feminization of Covid have agreed to speak with Le Figaro newspaper.

The first is Serge, 31, who is a heritage expert.

He says that he chose to feminize this word since the French Academy moved in this direction.

He adds, "Even my wife blames me for this. I happened to remind you of Covid for fear of being stubbornly arrogant."

Gregoire Bumbledore, 28, shares the same view, counting himself among the few in France who made this decision.

He said, "We use feminization because the French Academy approved it. I pressured myself to implement what the Academy approved, because I used the reminder as everyone does."

And when the quarrel over the matter was secret, Gregoire was able to elaborate on his linguistic explanation.

Now, however, his colleagues are boycotting him and calling him boring.

Since late November there has been an amazing transformation, with feminine being used 15,058 times and recalling 6,938 times in the media in France (Getty Images)

The Academy supports the feminization of Covid

The author says that the survey conducted by Le Figaro newspaper revealed that those who use femininity want to send a message to the French Academy that its voice is still being heard.

Academician Michel Zink says, "I thank those who follow the instructions of the French Academy. They are right, the language is developing very quickly in our time. The academy reminds that adhering to the general rules in the use of the French language avoids division and misunderstanding between generations, regions and neighborhoods."

The medieval scholar shows a kind of tolerance, saying, "I do not think of decapitating those who use the reminder. Reminding of the history of the language and the origin of the vocabulary is interesting, and in this case it supports the feminization of Covid, but standardization should not be exaggerated. In the long term, custom He always decides. "

As for Lucas, a professor of the French language, he mentioned that after watching "the conferences of the Prime Minister of Quebec, Francois Lego, on the issue of the epidemic", it became impossible for him to abandon the feminization of Covid.

A remarkable transformation

Are supporters of the feminization of Covid an ineffective few?

Linguist Sandrine Ripoll Touré searched her database and noticed an amazing shift in the media discourse.

In the week of the first to the eighth of March, I noticed the use of reminders in the media and official websites 3,537 times, and feminization 77 times.

In the following weeks, the number of feminine users increased, coinciding with the continued dominance of male users until the end of November.

"Then there was an amazing transformation, where feminization was used 15,058 times, and recalled 6,938 times. I have never witnessed such a phenomenon before using any word, this is exciting."

Although these sites do not represent the whole of France, they influence public opinion and can change its orientation.