> Interestingly, they tried 15 or 20 years ago, and that went nowhere
I guess you are talking about the 1990 reform. I would not say that it went nowhere, most of the changes are now in the school curriculum.
This is far from the radical simplification I have in mind, though :)
> I guess I'm too old to know this, even non abbreviated.
It helps to have a teenager at home and a need to communicate with them through WhatsApp
> The "fun" part of living abroad and barely speaking or writing French is that now there are plenty of times where I can't find words or how to spell them
I left France for about 25 years and when I got back, I realized I lost my French accent. Today people are trying to pinpoint the place I am from, sometimes it is Belgium, sometimes Switzerland. I am from the western suburbs of Paris...
Do not worry: I sometimes have problems spelling words even though I was always very good in grammar and vocabulary, and the words I struggle with are sometimes obvious. Google helps to fix that (I type what I think is the word and it asks me "do you mean ...").
I guess you are talking about the 1990 reform. I would not say that it went nowhere, most of the changes are now in the school curriculum.
This is far from the radical simplification I have in mind, though :)
> I guess I'm too old to know this, even non abbreviated.
It helps to have a teenager at home and a need to communicate with them through WhatsApp
> The "fun" part of living abroad and barely speaking or writing French is that now there are plenty of times where I can't find words or how to spell them
I left France for about 25 years and when I got back, I realized I lost my French accent. Today people are trying to pinpoint the place I am from, sometimes it is Belgium, sometimes Switzerland. I am from the western suburbs of Paris...
Do not worry: I sometimes have problems spelling words even though I was always very good in grammar and vocabulary, and the words I struggle with are sometimes obvious. Google helps to fix that (I type what I think is the word and it asks me "do you mean ...").
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