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I hate to break it to you, and this really is as difficult for the French to understand as it is for the Russians to understand that they should not be occupyin
by jordigh 10y ago
I hate to break it to you, and this really is as difficult for the French to understand as it is for the Russians to understand that they should not be occupying other countries or for the Japanese to know that they committed atrocious war crimes against Koreans or for Mexicans to know that they treat Guatemalan immigrants as bad or worse as the US treats Mexican immigrants. That is, something that cuts deep against your national identity and the thing that you hear in school, in government, all around you. Something against what you've been immersed in your whole French life:
France does not have the exclusive right to define what "French" is.
Québec and other parts of the Francophonie have many differing versions of French, and not all Quebeckers speak Joual exclusively (nor do all New Brunswickers[1] speak Chiac exclusively). The French spoken in Québec has the same rich history and origins as the French spoken in Québec. You can read more about the history of Québec French here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyf8tz_IoyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyf8tz_IoyQ
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[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PbyiTKpDj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PbyiTKpDj0
- tribaal 10y agoI'm a French speaker, not a French citizen. Quebec is not the only non-France part of the world where French is spoken, and as a citizen of one of these parts, I still believe (like most French speakers) that French is, indeed, formally defined. You are free to speak whatever dialect of French you like (or come up with your own), nobody is arguing against that. I'll speak my own just as well. That doesn't make it proper French. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language#Dialects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language#Dialects EDIT: Failed at linking to the appropriate section, which would have been ok if it didn't make my reply excessively pedantic. If you read it before my edit, sorry.
- mcguire 10y agoBut, but, if you accept that French has a formal definition and you do not follow that definition, then you do not, by definition, ipso facto, quod erat demonstrandom, speak French.
- tribaal 10y agoI follow that definition when I want to speak proper French. The rest of the time I'm quite happy to speak my dialect instead. Ergo: I don't consider dialects (mine or others) to be French. They are dialects of French. Not French.