Hrytsak, Yaroslav. The Forging of a Nation. – NY: PublicAffairs, 2023. – 438 p.

‘National activists claim that language is the core of national identity, believing that it encrypts the cultural code and historical memory of the nation. Switching to another language is treated as the gravest sin."

[Hrytsak 2024: 387].

However, this "sin" is committed on a regular basis by millions of immigrants who dump their native language in search of better career opportunities. Calls like the above mentioned, are never followed.

The Académie Française called on French scholars to publish their works in French. The witty answer was: "Publish in English, or perish in French>