There is an effort underway to make the French language a bit more gender neutral. France’s highest authority on language fears that French is in “mortal peril” over attempts to make the language a little less complex and a little less, well, male-dominated. And this is where the storied Académie Française, the guardian of the French language, has said “non.” The Académie is the nation’s — and, for that matter, the world’s — highest authority on the French language. Among the Académie’s official charges is the annual publication of the dictionary considered the definitive index of the French language. Faced with this 'inclusive' aberration, the French language is now in deadly danger.”“It is already difficult to acquire a language,” the Académie said.

Source: Washington Post October 27, 2017 14:24 UTC