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Image: Ubisoft<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nFor centuries now, the Acad\u00e9mie Fran\u00e7aise<\/span> has basically overseen the entire French language, being responsible for everything from grammar to publishing French dictionaries to acting as the \u201cofficial authority on the language\u201d. An important part of that role in recent decades has been to ward off the slow invasion of slang and jargon from the English-speaking world<\/span>, which the French people have been increasingly exposed to through film, music, TV and now video games.<\/p>\nAs The Guardian<\/em> reports<\/span>, that has extended this week to a \u201cban\u201d on the use of certain gaming-adjacent words that are popular not just in English-speaking countries but around the world. The Acad\u00e9mie<\/span> can\u2019t outlaw the use of the words in everyday speech, or even in the media, that\u2019s not within their powers or their intent, but the ban is <\/em>now \u201cbinding on government workers\u201d, which means that when speaking on the topic or preparing papers, French officials need to find different ways of saying words like \u201cesports\u201d.<\/p>\nIn that case, it\u2019s now the far less catchy \u201cjeu video de competition\u201d. Cloud gaming becomes \u201cjeu video en nuage\u201d, pro gamer is \u201cjoueur professionnel\u201d and a streamer should be referred to as a \u201cjoueur-animateur en direct\u201d.<\/p>\n
If this is the first time you\u2019re ever hearing about the Acad\u00e9mie\u2014which dates back to 1635\u2014please don\u2019t let this be the only thing you ever learn about them. They\u2019re like a wild little Vatican for grammar nerds, with their 40 members known as \u201cImmortals\u201d, and appointed for life. New members can sometimes temporarily turn down a position if they didn\u2019t like the person previously holding the seat, since they have to \u201ceulogize their predecessor in the installation ceremony\u201d. And they even have their own uniforms–with swords!–which you can see below in a photo that was taken in the year 2021:<\/p>\n\n<\/p>\n\n
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