Paranoid Dot Calm said:
Actually Canadians are among the most travelled within their own country. Seeing as 15 million Canadians live in provinces adjacent to Quebec, I dare say that most Canadians will one day go to Quebec.
More b.s. from French-Canada......
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Actually Canadians are among the most travelled within their own country. Seeing as 15 million Canadians live in provinces adjacent to Quebec, I dare say that most Canadians will one day go to Quebec.
RE: More b.s. from French
So I am to perceive that quebecois(e) is a disease that affects only french-speaking-communist-like behavioural analysts???
Okay, I have to point this out, for those who aren't familiar with Australia...
Where I live, there are about 104 different languages spoken within a single small city (statistic I picked up from having worked in the education department). English prevails, as it is our recognized 'national language' but noone has forced anyone in this country to speak it since 1950, when they abolished the british 'white australia' immigration policy.
I can fumble my way through italian, took some french lessons in secondary school, which I've promptly forgotten (little or no use or requirement here) and learned Japanese from a student whom I lived with a few years ago (again, little or no use) I tried to teach myself Latin... which I found difficult.
While english certainly prevails, noone 'forces' the communication in this country to be in any single language. The only 'forcefulness' I perceive in regards to using english as the common language, comes from the racist bigots who refuse to educate themselves in even a 'little' understanding of the existence of other nationalities. Most people here try to communicate positively with non-english speaking people, and there are certainly many who are more language-educated than myself.
Most children here at school have the opportunity to learn more than one extra language, as several more are presented in the curriculum now, unlike the rudimentary english, french, german, italian, japanese which were offered in my school days. They will certainly be more adept in communicating within australian society than I am at present. Also understand that the majority of our neighbouring nations speak asian languages, which is certainly influential on our culture, even if we do primarily communicate in english.
Whoever thought to 'police' a language, not only has rocks in their head, but is pushng the boundaries of facism in equivalence to the revolutionist days of Hungary and later, Italy's Mussolini. Scary stuff.
Maintaining a culture is one thing... preventing the coexistence of another is akin to racial intolerance, and the philosophy of genocide.
For heaven's sake, speak french, speak english, who cares. there is no 'exclusivity' or moral superiority to be gained by exclusing one from the other, merely the breeding of bigotry and intolerance.
So I am to perceive that quebecois(e) is a disease that affects only french-speaking-communist-like behavioural analysts???
Okay, I have to point this out, for those who aren't familiar with Australia...
Where I live, there are about 104 different languages spoken within a single small city (statistic I picked up from having worked in the education department). English prevails, as it is our recognized 'national language' but noone has forced anyone in this country to speak it since 1950, when they abolished the british 'white australia' immigration policy.
I can fumble my way through italian, took some french lessons in secondary school, which I've promptly forgotten (little or no use or requirement here) and learned Japanese from a student whom I lived with a few years ago (again, little or no use) I tried to teach myself Latin... which I found difficult.
While english certainly prevails, noone 'forces' the communication in this country to be in any single language. The only 'forcefulness' I perceive in regards to using english as the common language, comes from the racist bigots who refuse to educate themselves in even a 'little' understanding of the existence of other nationalities. Most people here try to communicate positively with non-english speaking people, and there are certainly many who are more language-educated than myself.
Most children here at school have the opportunity to learn more than one extra language, as several more are presented in the curriculum now, unlike the rudimentary english, french, german, italian, japanese which were offered in my school days. They will certainly be more adept in communicating within australian society than I am at present. Also understand that the majority of our neighbouring nations speak asian languages, which is certainly influential on our culture, even if we do primarily communicate in english.
Whoever thought to 'police' a language, not only has rocks in their head, but is pushng the boundaries of facism in equivalence to the revolutionist days of Hungary and later, Italy's Mussolini. Scary stuff.
Maintaining a culture is one thing... preventing the coexistence of another is akin to racial intolerance, and the philosophy of genocide.
For heaven's sake, speak french, speak english, who cares. there is no 'exclusivity' or moral superiority to be gained by exclusing one from the other, merely the breeding of bigotry and intolerance.
canada500 said:
I dunno...I know a truck driver who says the language in California and Texas is Spanish, not English. He tried speaking Ukranian to them once and they were...less than accomodating.
Spanish will take over the US in about 25 years,
Espanol sera la lengua france de Estados Unidos en venti-cinco anos.
Toujours francais en louisiane et quebec.
Learn the language, its coming!