General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

I think an attraction of the English language has been our willingness to import terms and phrases from other languages. So our means of expression evolve fairly freely.
(even though it makes for a lot of inconsistency)

The French have an academy which promotes an official version of their language: something I would have thought to be counterproductive.

How would you say "je ne sais quoi" if you had to use English terms. I know, quite readily, but at greater length and with less elegance.

PS, sorry for tandem riding on this topic, but will willingly 'button-it', the instant someone picks up the original thread/topic.