UKer here: the French my daughter learns at school is very different from the language I studied 40-odd years ago - much more emphasis on how young people communicate and vastly more English loan words (and no French writers in sight as far as I can see). At the same time, the French themselves, who were infamous for their uncompromising linguistic pedantry in my youth are now far more relaxed and accommodating: whereas before speaking English to a Parisian seemed something akin to a crime, now it is considered quite normal.