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by tivert 704 days ago
> I think the reason is different. Some languages have official bodies that decree how a language works. For example the French have the French Academy.

Well, they like to pretend they have that kind of authority, those languages don't actually have a "boss" in charge of how the language works either.

IIRC, the French Academy has tried (and failed) to stamp out anglicisms like email (https://www.thoughtco.com/le-courriel-vocabulary-1371793) and weekend (https://www.lawlessfrench.com/tag/franglais/).