
Le breakdancing? French Olympic planners plot to end the invasion of the English language
CNN
When Paris clinched the race to host the 2024 Olympic Games, it may have been in part thanks to a slogan that embodied the Olympic spirit: "Made for sharing."
But for French officials, that generosity doesn't extend to the Games' official languages.
"The official languages of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are French and English -- in that order," said l'Académie Française, the pre-eminent council for matters pertaining to the French language.

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