article_snippet: The government's stance marks a dramatic break from France's previous rigid defence of The government's stance language, especially from English words entering it.
article_snippet: There was also a campaign to stop terms such as 'e-mail' 'challenge' and 'marketing' from creeping into the French language.
article_snippet: Alain Rey, author of a dictionary on the history of French and a member of a Commission on French Terminology, said attempts to stop the adoption of some commonly used words were ridiculous.
article_snippet: the minister pointed out that the word 'challenge', for instance, in fact originally came from Old French ('chalonge') before being taken up in English. '
article_snippet: Passing laws (against loan words) is to tilt at windmills,' Mr Rey said.
highlights_snippet: Stance marks a dramatic break from France's previous defence of language .
  