Sacrebleu!

I read in the Metro yesterday that France’s language police have launched a drive to stop a glut of English invading their native tongue. No messing with the French! Terms including ‘email’, ‘blog’ and ‘fast food’ should be banished from the French language… well apparently there are a full 65 pages of banned words on the ministry’s new website launched this week! If anyone happens to have the URL, I’d love to take a look! 

Here are a few examples – looking at the length of the French translation make me feel tired! I wonder how many hours were spent brainstorming French translations…

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Chers amis français, j’aimerais vraiment avoir votre opinion sur le sujet! L’Académie Française va-t’elle trop loin, ou a t’elle raison de protéger notre belle langue ? J

It’s all about design…

Steve left me a comment asking me to define what makes a phone masculine, feminine or gender neutral…

I did a bit of research to see what phones were currently out on the market, and found this page in a Carphone Warehouse Brochure, which perfectly illustrates the different design trends…

The curvier the phone, the more feminine – take the example of the Ted baker HTC phone… pretty girly shape right? Well, fair enough it’s also purple!The Xda Stellar looks slightly more masculine than the Orbit 2 – probably because of its squarer shape as well as the buttons on the front of the phone…I think the Orbit 2 is gender neutral l – slightly rounder than the stellar but not as curvy as the Ted Baker HTC…

What do you think?

Cool Fanta advert!

Just saw this ad on TV last night - it really reminded me of the Tango ads for a sec… I am just loving the black and white background with a hint of colour…

Spring is coming at last!