French commission: Say 'non' to blogs

France's Commission generale de terminologie et de neologie wants to replace the use of the term blog with bloc-notes.

The Commission is charged with protecting and enriching the French language. In proposing the substitution of bloc-notes for "blog," the commission said it would be acceptable to use the abbreviation bloc.

Because companies from the United States dominate the technology industry, much Anglo-Saxon tech terminology has filtered into other languages, including French. So it is that the Commission wants to promote the use of French words for commonly-used Anglo-Saxon tech terms that now pepper the French language.