Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 18:45:58 -0500

From: Daniel S Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU

Subject: Re: french again



On Tue, 5 Apr 1994, Dennis Baron wrote:



a. Note, if you will, the op-ed piece in yesterday's NY Times by

the Minister of Culture defending French linguistic control as

perfectly logical.



Perfectly logical to protect such pure French terms as "biftek" from being

overwhelmed by English. Of course.



Dan Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]maroon.tc.umn.edu