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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer
It assumes one follows cultural output / media from the place concerned. In the case of French, many if not most Anglo Canadians would be focussed more on France than on Quebec, starting with their language studies.
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While I don't want to exaggerate the interest of Anglo-Canadians in Québécois matters (political, cultural or otherwise) this generalized preference for things Euro-French runs totally against everything I've ever seen.
If the interest in Québécois matters among Anglo-Canadians could be illustrated by a tiny space you make between your fingers, then the interest in and knowledge of things Euro-French (beyond luxury products which are language neutral anyway) could be illustrated by 1/100th of that space.
And while it's true that French language teaching sometimes has a Euro-French leaning in Anglo-Canada, if you do put in the time and effort to learn anything it's not that difficult at all to apply it to Quebec's "affairs of the polis" (if not stand-up comedy...)