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“Bon matin!\u201d (Good morning!) According to some, this expression cannot be used. But linguist Anne-Marie Beaudoin-B\u00e9gin wonders: on what grounds? And who gets to make that call? She worries that by policing the language in such a way, erecting such clear divisions between what can<\/em> and cannot<\/em> be said, we run the risk of making many people self-conscious\u2026 perhaps even prompting them to keep quiet or opt for English instead.<\/p>\n I am incredibly fond of her line of reasoning, which throws the windows wide open, letting light pour into a fairly dusty room. \u201cWe\u2019re being asked to speak a French that doesn\u2019t exist,\u201d sums up the author of 2015\u2019s La langue rapaill\u00e9e\u2009: comment combattre l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 linguistique<\/em>\u00a0des Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois<\/em> (How to Tackle Quebecers\u2019 Linguistic Insecurity<\/em>), with a foreword by Samuel Archibald. He suggests that the book \u201crestores our desire to write and to make use of speech.\u201d<\/p>\n \n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_post_nav in_same_term=”off” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_post_nav][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Bon matin!\u201d (Good morning!) According to some, this expression cannot be used. But linguist Anne-Marie Beaudoin-B\u00e9gin wonders: on what grounds? And who gets to make that call? She worries that by policing the language in such a way, erecting such clear divisions between what can<\/em> and cannot<\/em> be said, we run the risk of making many people self-conscious\u2026 perhaps even prompting them to keep quiet or opt for English instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBon matin!<\/strong><\/h2>\n