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| Contentid | 14959 |
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| Content Type | 1 |
| Title | Is French Losing the Tu/Vous Distinction? |
| Body | Scholars and teachers of French may enjoy following a discussion of the influence that social media are having on the tu/vous distinction in French. First is an article in the BBC News Magazine about the use of tu in Twitter: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19499771 Here is a French-language response in Le Monde: http://bigbrowser.blog.lemonde.fr/2012/09/07/a-tu-et-a-toi-twitter-va-t-il-tuer-le-vouvoiement And here is a response to that in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/10/france-tu-vous-distinction-twitter-generation Enjoy discussing modern usage with your colleagues and with your students! |
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| Inputdate | 2012-09-16 08:22:41 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2012-09-16 08:22:41 |
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| Publishdate | 2012-09-17 00:00:00 |
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