How ridiculous are those frogs?
Orthographe : les collégiens de cinquième sont tombés au niveau des élèves de CM2 de 1987 (Le Monde, 2/09/2007)
Yes, it's come to this: little French 5th graders are now spelling at the level of 2nd graders of 20 years ago. It's actually not that surprising, considering the way we type online and SMS and all that other crap I don't know about. But the geeky part? The French have been tracking this for 20 years. They...care. They care enough to do studies and pay people to do these studies.
Even better, they have an annual televised national competition on spelling and writing. It's called, "La Dictee," or something equally self-important and people play along at home. The contestants are adults. Not little children in spelling bees. This is a major sport in France. Yes, a sport. That's what they call it.
I have no idea why I love this language and these people. Maybe I'm a little ridiculous myself. Maybe.
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