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> Cantonese, a language with 60 million speakers in China Most of cantonese speakers can speak mandarin as well.
by est 9y ago
> Cantonese, a language with 60 million speakers in China
Most of cantonese speakers can speak mandarin as well.
- kibwen 9y agoThat doesn't refute my point; most French Canadians can also speak English, and yet French Canadian retains its own distinct subculture, so distinct that Quebec has repeatedly voted to secede from Canada. Language is merely one very obvious indicator of cultural heterogeneity, and the point remains that China is not nearly as culturally unified as the typical Westerner understands (which should not be so hard to believe; it's a country with a freaking billion people!).
- CoolGuySteve 9y ago> Quebec has repeatedly voted to secede from Canada. I believe your point may be refuted by the fact that you state outright lies like this whopper here.
- y4mi 9y agoseriously? it took me 1 second to google and confirm its truth. or is 1995 too long ago for kids these days? also, refuting one argument does not shoot down unrelated arguments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_referendum,_1995 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_referendum,_1995
- CoolGuySteve 9y agoThey did not vote to succeed and there was only one referendum.
- y4mi 9y agoI understood the GP argument as "having voted on the issue", not "having voted to leave". The former implies that a significant portion of the population want independence. and i'm not sure i understand you correctly, but the very first sentence in the wikipedia link says that the 1995 referendum was the second one... this [1] was the first. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_referendum,_1980 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_referendum,_1980
- dilemma 9y agoYour point is completely refuted. You never had one since it was based on made up facts.
- kibwen 9y agoFeel free to cite a source and enlighten me, then. :)