“Saying they are appalled by the way the United States and Britain defied the will of the United Nations and attacked Iraq, the four [German] professors declared war on borrowed English terms in German such as ‘okay,’ ‘T-shirt’ and ‘party.’ They have devised French-language alternatives: ‘d’accord,’ ‘tricot’ and ‘fete.'” —German Professors Declare War on English TermsReuters)
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