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  2. Linguistic insecurity - Wikipedia

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    Linguistic insecurity is the negative self-image a speaker has regarding his or her own speech variety or language as a whole, especially in the perceived difference between phonetic and syntactic characteristics of one's own speech and those characteristics of what is considered standard usage, encouraged prescriptively as a preferable way of speaking, or perceived socially to be the "correct ...

  3. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    a class of women of ill repute; a fringe group or subculture. Fell out of use in the French language in the 19th century. Frenchmen still use une demi-mondaine to qualify a woman that lives (exclusively or partially) off the commerce of her charms but in a high-life style. double entendre

  4. Category:French words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves.As such almost all article titles should be italicized (with Template:Italic title).

  5. List of pseudo-French words in English - Wikipedia

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    The first continued in its adopted language in its original obsolete form centuries after it had changed its form in national French: bon viveur – the second word is not used in French as such, [ 1 ] while in English it often takes the place of a fashionable man, a sophisticate, a man used to elegant ways, a man-about-town, in fact a bon ...

  6. French language - Wikipedia

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    At a regional level, French is acknowledged as an official language in the Aosta Valley region of Italy (the first government authority to adopt Modern French as the official language in 1536, three years before France itself), [47] in which is spoken as a first language by 1.25% of the population and as a second one by approximately 50%. [48]

  7. Foreign language anxiety - Wikipedia

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    There is a psychological component to foreign language anxiety as well; language learning is a "profoundly unsettling psychological proposition" [2] as it jeopardizes an individual's self-understanding and perspective. [2] It stems from one's self-perceptions of language ability. [19] Foreign language anxiety is rooted in three psychological ...

  8. Franglais - Wikipedia

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    Franglais is commonly spoken in French-language schools in Ontario and Alberta, as well as in DSFM (Division scolaire franco-manitobaine) schools in Manitoba, where students may speak French as their first language but will use English as their preferred language, yet will refer to school-related terms in French specifically (e.g.

  9. Insecurity (emotion) - Wikipedia

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    Insecurity is the emotion associated with a lack of confidence within oneself. [1] It is often associated with feelings of fear and uncertainty , especially surrounding one's abilities. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The word was originally used in the psychological sense in the year 1917. [ 4 ]