Nobody gets to define English usage so it matters little what anyone thinks. It will disappear when people stop using it. For French see https://en.m.wikipedia

Nobody gets to define English usage so it matters little what anyone thinks. It will disappear when people stop using it. For French see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_Fran%C3%A7aise https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_Fran%C3%A7aise