The point isn't that they have or eventually have official French words for things. Its that regardless of what the actual people call it (les chips) amongst th

The point isn't that they have or eventually have official French words for things. Its that regardless of what the actual people call it (les chips) amongst themselves, it is illegal to put that on a French product label or sign. They will literally shut you down for not being French enough if the hefty fines don't work. When contact lenses came about, for the longest time there was no French word, so Quebec folk just called it by the English name because nobody knew what the official word would finally be. Quebec has a literal Language Police. Here's an article about them harassing restaurants for writing too many English-only Facebook posts, and employing people who don't speak French well enough. https://globalnews.ca/news/8539627/quebec-language-police-bars-restaurants-complaint/ https://globalnews.ca/news/8539627/quebec-language-police-ba...