November 1986 Issue [Article] Le break dance? Jamais de la vie! Protecting the purity of French Download PDF Adjust Share by David Zane Mairowitz, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. 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