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The Gaul of some people, if you will pardon the pun.
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Old Posted May 14, 2025, 1:14 PM
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The Gaul of some people, if you will pardon the pun.
Gall I believe (referring to one of the evil humours).

And vituperous at that.

As I have said before, NB has a chip on his shoulder regarding the "Anglo-Saxon" race the size of a Douglas Fir log.
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Old Posted May 14, 2025, 1:16 PM
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Gall I believe (referring to one of the evil humours).

And vituperous at that.

As I have said before, NB has a chip on his shoulder regarding the "Anglo-Saxon" race the size of a Douglas Fir log.
yes, but Gaul being the old Roman term for those inhabiting what is now France... (re, the despised Anglo-Saxon label festooned on us).

Charles de Gaulle had a lot of Gall, coming to Canada on our 100th anniversary, and inciting secessionist sentiments.



Take care of your own house first, Charles.

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We Gaudet.
My, we a punny lot today..........
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Charles de Gaulle had a lot of Gall.
Especially when he visited Montreal in 1967.

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Oui, mais toutes ces régions ont été intégrées avec succès à la France, tandis que le Canada n'a jamais vraiment réussi à intégrer le Québec. C'est pour ça que 40% des Québécois seraient prêts à voter pour l'indépendance, alors que dans toutes ces régions on ne trouverait même pas 1% ou 2% qui voudraient une indépendance (sauf en Corse, et même en Corse ceux qui veulent l'indépendance ne doivent pas dépasser les 12%-15%).
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Oui, il est vrai que la France a bien mieux réussi que le Canada à éradiquer les langues régionales.
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Oui, il est vrai que la France a bien mieux réussi que le Canada à éradiquer les langues régionales.
Ce n'est pas par manque d'effort du Canada, quoique que le taux de succès dans l'ouest est assez bon...
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Selon un sondage d'opinion réalisé en 2013, 18 % des Bretons soutiennent l'indépendance bretonne. Le sondage a également révélé que 37 % se décriraient d'abord comme Bretons, tandis que 48 % se décriraient d'abord comme Français.
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Ce n'est pas par manque d'effort du Canada, quoique que le taux de succès dans l'ouest est assez bon...
Exactement. Et le français est quand même une langue majeure (pas comparable avec les langues régionales presque mourantes dans l'Hexagone). Pour une comparaison raisonnable, je soumets la capacité du Canada à éradiquer les langues amérindiennes. Suffit d'aller faire un tour dans les réserves autour de Montréal pour constater que tout le monde y parle anglais de nos jours.
     
     
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Exactement. Et le français est quand même une langue majeure (pas comparable avec les langues régionales presque mourantes dans l'Hexagone). Pour une comparaison raisonnable, je soumets la capacité du Canada à éradiquer les langues amérindiennes. Suffit d'aller faire un tour dans les réserves autour de Montréal pour constater que tout le monde y parle anglais de nos jours.
French was a minority language in France up until the 19th century, spoken by 1/10th of the population. It rose to become a langue majeure through enforced cultural suppression.

Canada’s comparable lack of “success” in terms of unity comes down to not applying enough pressure to crush Québécois identity.
     
     
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Canada’s comparable lack of “success” in terms of unity comes down to not applying enough pressure to crush Québécois identity.
Putting enough pressure (at least early on) as you put it would have made sure that Canada be a U.S. state now.
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Old Posted May 15, 2025, 10:35 AM
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Oui, il est vrai que la France a bien mieux réussi que le Canada à éradiquer les langues régionales.
Ce n'est pas un processus du sommet vers la base, mais de la base vers le sommet. Les interdictions de langues du sommet vers la base de ne réussissent jamais (cf. Russes essayant d'interdire le polonais, Hongrois essayant d'interdire le Slovaque, Espagnols essayant d'interdire le catalan, etc).
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French was a minority language in France up until the 19th century, spoken by 1/10th of the population.
Ce qui est complètement faux. C'est considérer que seul le français pur des livres de grammairiens était du français, et que la langue du peuple en Normandie, dans le bassin parisien, en Champagne, dans la vallée de la Loire, n'était pas du français. A ce compte-là, seulement 1% des Allemands parlaient "allemand", et seulement 5% des Italiens parlaient "italien", mais là comme par hasard on considère que tous les dialectes italiens sont de l'italien, et tous les dialectes allemands sont de l'allemand, mais en France on considère que ce n'est pas du français.

D'ailleurs les Québécois sont la preuve vivante que tous ces Français parlaient bien français, puisqu'ils sont venus de Normandie, de la région de La Rochelle, du bassin parisien, du Perche, et qu'ils parlent bien français et pas des langues diverses et variées.
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The only true English is RP.

For once I agree with NB.

Although speakers of le Francais Parisienne can be particularly snooty and very impatient and dismissive of the efforts of less well gifted individuals trying to express themselves in la belle langue.
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The general nastiness of Parisians is directly proportional to the greatness of Paris.

I've travelled the globe (25 countries so far), and without a doubt, from my experience Parisians are the rudest people I have encountered anywhere (and I actually speak French, albeit with a version that is "Anglo-Saxon"-flavored and especially Quebecois-inflected.
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I was just there and actually felt that was on the decline. I was even a bit troubled by it, like, what is this, Amsterdam?

The French capital should be a little sticky for Anglophones, even fluent-but-accented ones like me. It's part of it all!
     
     
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