May 7, 2006

Do the French love "short, blunt neologisms"...

... precisely because they don't belong in "their own mellifluous, Latin-based language"? Or are they comfy with acronyms because the French "do not mind being dependent on official bodies of one kind or another" and even "rather like it - it is the natural order of things."

IN THE COMMENTS: We're talking about the Beatles' song "Michelle."

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SippicanCottage said...
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Jennifer said...

Dave: I think it's Michelle. Yes, the Beatles.

Ann Althouse said...

What bugs me about "Michelle" is that he's saying he doesn't know how to say "I love you" in French. But somehow he knows how to say "these are worlds that go together well" in French. That's an utterly impossible language predicament. Paul just didn't care about making sense.

SippicanCottage said...
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Troy said...

French acronyms and Michelle... L.H.O.O.Q.