Froggie

The Telegraph reports today that a new French channel CII, that is state-funded, is going to be mostly in English. It seems that even the French have realised that more people in the world speak English than French. How about the language of diplomacy then? As the article points out there are only 35,000 official French words while there at least 350,000 words in the OED. This move is a clear sign that France has lost its influence in the world and what a wonderful thing that is to witness. What me gloat about the Froggies’s demise? Nah, not me!