What if English had become the language it is thanks to French? Don’t these words borrowed from English From Challenge to Vintage come from…old French words?
In his new essay, the linguist Bernard Cerquiglini writes The English language does not exist (Folio Essays) places the English language in the universal heritage of the French language!
Guest: Bernard Cerquiglini, linguist and author of “The English Language Doesn’t Exist. It is pronounced French” (Unpublished Folio Essays).
And Lucie Bouteloup’s column “way of speaking” : Talk about sport in French-speaking countries.
