November 1986 Issue [Article] Le break dance? Jamais de la vie! Protecting the purity of French Download PDF Adjust Share by David Zane Mairowitz, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Americanisms Foreign words and phrases France French language Language purism More from David Zane Mairowitz Fascism à la mode In France, the far right presses for national purity Monsieur F. likes Jean-Marie The provincial appeal of Le Pen Scissors in the head West Germany's extreme reaction to extremism Adjust Share