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Nicolas Sarkozy ridiculed for massacring the French language
Updated On: 26 March, 2009 09:15 AM IST | | Agencies
As Paris marks the annual Week of the French Language, President Nicolas Sarkozy has upset teachers and purists with his fondness for sounding like a low-class man
Presidents of the French Republic do not start speeches by saying, "To everyone who's important here, bonjour." They also conjugate their verbs and use pronouns correctly u00e2u0080u0094 or at least they did before President Nicholas Sarkozy.
As Paris marks the annual Week of the French Language, the straight-talking president has upset teachers and purists with his fondness for sounding like a matey, ordinary bloke, reported the Times.
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