> France is by no means the only country to have an official body that determines linguistic orthodoxy - it's actually quite common. In most cases, though, their main function is to keep the official version in line with current practice
Yup, but you're describing (one of the functions of) the académie française, which these guys have nothing to do with. In fact the académie are quite open on the matter and share the opinion that languages evolve through constant contact with each other and that it's pointless to try to rein in on that.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
