Re: [native-lang] OOoCon 2011

Hi Sophie,

It's interesting that the Canadian-English legal term Francophone  
should be considered as non-existent in the English language. It might  
be that you want to confine it to Canada, along with its sibling  
Anglophone, though.

Jack

Quoting Sophie <[email protected]>:

> Hi Jean-Baptiste,
> Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote:
>> Le 05/09/2010 13:06, Jesús Corrius a écrit :
>>> Hi Laurent,
>>>
>>> I can't comment on the decision process, as I was not involved in it.
>>> Someone else will have to comment on that.
>>>
>>> The decision was well received by the community, as Paris is an
>>> important and well communicated city. So it makes totally sense to
>>> celebrate an international conference there.
>>>
>>> Another point is who will work to make the conference possible. I
>>> organized the conference in Barcelona, so I know is a huge amount of
>>> work. The Catalan community, as always, will try to help the French
>>> community in everything to make it possible.
>> What is "French Community" ? I only know NLC Francophone Project and it
>> is not involved in this decision.
>
> Francophone is a word that doesn't exist in English. Instead, it is  
> translated as French-speaking (see  
> http://www.babylon.com/definition/Francophone/English), this may be  
> why Jesus speaks about the French community. I for myself use it  
> also in French, but it's not correct.
>
> Kind regards
> Sophie
>
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