Talk:French language

Dead language?
Wasn't there a TNG episode where Data told Picard that French was a dead language? Tough Little Ship 12:55, 12 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * , but not "dead", more specifically referred to as an "obscure language". --Alan 12:46, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

English annexation of France
I like to imagine that England annexed France at some point (perhaps during WW3/Eugenics War?), which would explain Picard's accent, as well as Data's implication that French is a dead language.
 * I doubt that most of the French like to imagine that, though. :P -- Renegade54 21:07, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Generations ref
At least according to the dvd features of "Star Trek: Generations", Jean-Luc Picard had some mails of his youth written in French. Furthermore, I think it would be interesting to note that: while those long letters were written in perfect French by the movie crew, many other simpler instances of French are filled with spelling mistakes. Ethril 00:38, 5 June 2007 (UTC)