I'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'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.