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DATE: THURSDAY, April 14, 1994                   TAG: 9404140334
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A10   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: PARIS                                 LENGTH: Short

IN FRANCE, YOU'D BETTER SAY 'OUI OUI'

Hot dogs are safe, but there's no place in the French vocabulary for Brooklyn street talk, France's culture minister said Wednesday during debate on a law to slow the English language invasion. The proposal has drawn ink and angst in the French press. The proposed law would ban the use of catchy

English phrases common in TV advertising. It would require the use of French on all products, on all ``inscriptions or announcements'' in public places and in radio or TV advertising.

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