In 1866, the Linguistic Society of Paris banned any existing or future debates on the subject, a prohibition which remained influential across much of the Western world until late in the twentieth century.
Godine 1866, Parisko lingvističko društvo zabranilo je sve aktuelne ili buduće rasprave o ovoj temi i ta zabrana je imala uticaj na veliki deo zapadnog sveta sve do kraja 20. veka.