[description]a group of disgruntled language connoisseurs have brought it to your attention that the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ language has recently been contaminated with too many loanwords from Merovingian and called for a government-sponsored language purification project, robbing you of your joie de vivre while you were trying to relax and enjoy your pamplemousse and noix de coco cocktail.
[validity] must have an official language
1. [option]"This is a disgrace!" exclaims Harold Hastings, a linguist from @@CAPITAL@@ University, slamming the latest edition of the Maxford @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Dictionary on your desk. "These nasty Merovingian words full of nasal sounds have started to invade our glorious language. @@LEADER@@, we should immediately launch a language purification project to replace these hideous loanwords with their pristine @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ counterparts. My colleagues and I already have some suggestions on the table, such as eggy flapjacks for omelette, or hey-I've-seen-this-before for déjà vu. All we need to publish a comprehensive list is a generous subsidy on your part."
[effect]escargots have lost their charm for elite restaurant-goers ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails'
2. [option]"Oh mon dieu! Excusez-moi, but this approach will not work, as it doesn't target the raison d'être for Merovingian loanwords," grunts William Norman, an enthusiastic Merovingian Literature professor from Cambarry University, with visible ennui. "The Merovingian culture is superior to ours, and so is their langue, par conséquent we need Merovingian words to express high-brow concepts such as rapprochement, savoir-faire, pain au chocolat, la petite mort, and je ne sais quoi. @@LEADER@@, the importation of Merovingian words is fait accompli, and trying to reverse this will only be a faux pas. Let us embrace Merovingian words and linguistic diversity, vive la différence!"
[effect]@@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ feuilletons can only be deciphered with a Merovingian dictionary
3. [option]"Bah humbug!" grunts @@RANDOMNAME@@, a bellicose army general, angrily smashing a Merovingian merlot bottle on the floor. "We don't have to tolerate this nonsense. Let's bomb Merovingia down to the ground and colonize them. They'll learn our language soon enough!"
[effect]@@NAME@@ is renowned for shoving its culture down the throats of colonial subjects
OK, this is obviously work-in-progress, but I also couldn't decide whether I should have a 3rd option, or whether this should remain as a 2-way dilemma.
For a possible 3rd option, some of my ideas are:
---we are borrowing Bigtopian words, because their cultural influence is great. So we should do something to decrease their cultural influence, and increase feelings of nationalism/patriotism among our youth. Maybe we can provide incentives for people who choose native words over Bigtopian words.
---Why is @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ our national official language at all? Since Bigtopian is much better in expressing these concepts, maybe we should simply recognize it as a second official language, or maybe we should completely switch to using Bigtopian.
---Crazy general who wants to bomb Bigtopia down to the ground.
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Thoughts?