Around 30 percent of English words are 'borrowed' from French. Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP A French linguist has been making waves with his boldly titled ...

In Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English, I examine how words borrowed from different languages have influenced English throughout its history. The above feature summarizes some of the ...

The French drinks brand Ricard uses a mixture of English and French in its 'born à Marseille' slogan. Photo: The Local More and more French adverts use English words or phrases in a blending of ...

Are you a gamer? If you’re French, it seems that you shouldn’t be using so much English in pursuit of your goals. It’s a feature of an active language, that it will readily assimilate words from ...

France’s linguistic watchdog, the Académie Française, has banned the official use of tech jargon borrowed from English to describe the world of video gaming. The Culture Ministry, which was involved ...

Download an MP3 audio interview with the author here, or sign up for Slate’s free daily podcast on iTunes. At the other end of the scale, estimates of the number of words that an average person uses ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Follow Sinéad Baker Every time Sinéad publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox!

When Paris clinched the race to host the 2024 Olympic Games, it may have been in part thanks to a slogan that embodied the Olympic spirit: “Made for sharing.” But for French officials, that generosity ...