You know the plot is lost when you employ a commission to preserve the language.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8820304/Frances-Academie-francaise-battles-to-protect-language-from-Engl

"The Académie, a council of 40 writers and artists, is entrusted with protecting French from “Anglo-Saxon” attacks and writing an official dictionary, of which the latest unfinished version began in 1992."

English has been under successful attack since the year dot and no-one, but no-one, gives a sh*t.