
Le breakdancing? French Olympic planners plot to end the invasion of the English language
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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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