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Hello! I'm a student at Boston University, currently working on a dissertion
on "franglais" for a lingustics class. I've read several studies on how
widespread "franglais" actually is in France; unfortunately, most of those
were done in the 1970's, several years after the publication of "Parlez-vous
Franglais?" and the famous language laws which attempted to replace franglais
words with French alternatives. What I really want to know about is if
franglais is more widespread today. From what I have seen, many of the
franglais words that were once fretted over several decades ago were trends,
and have already fallen out of the French lexicon. Is there a general
consensus today about the spread of franglais? I realize my question is very
general, but I'm just trying to get an idea of what's going on, not being able
to travel to France and see for myself. Has french proven itself to be
productive in finding alternatives to franglais words?

Thanks for your help!
Tara Yaekel
tyaekel@bu.edu

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