Author Topic: French MP wants to make mockery of accents illegal  (Read 597 times)



SusanDoris

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Re: French MP wants to make mockery of accents illegal
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2018, 12:18:15 PM »
I have always loved to imitate different accents and have a facility for doing so. How anyone would define it as mockery, I have no idea.
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Re: French MP wants to make mockery of accents illegal
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2018, 12:19:32 PM »
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-accents/french-lawmaker-proposes-bill-to-outlaw-mockery-of-accents-idUSKCN1MT2BU

Is this a good idea? It would be hard to enforce.

Poor man, it is sad he hasn't anything better with which to concern himself.
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