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And none of those cultures have cultures nearly as strong as the Quebecois, which is basically a global cultural brand at this point.
by rcme 4y ago
And none of those cultures have cultures nearly as strong as the Quebecois, which is basically a global cultural brand at this point.
- detaro 4y ago"global cultural brand" is a terrible way of measuring "strength" of a culture. (I'd hope for the people of Quebec that there is more to their culture than the brand, which is approximately "the weird Canadians that try to out-french the French")
- rcme 4y agoThere have been many North American cultures imported from Europe. In the US and Canada, they all tend to die out after a certain amount of time. E.g. the Spanish had a colony in Florida. The Dutch had a claims to the Hudson valley in NY/NJ. Lots of Scandinavian settled the frontier. Italians in the NYC area. The list goes on. Quebec is one of the oldest cultures in the former British NA colonies. Say whatever you want about the Quebecois, they know how ti preserve their culture.
- dghughes 4y agoYeah Acadian/Cajun totally unknown of /s
- rcme 4y agohttps://www.theadvocate.com/curious_louisiana/curious-louisiana-how-many-people-speak-cajun-french-in-our-state/article_947551b6-a982-11ed-b305-d7c4959e9102.html https://www.theadvocate.com/curious_louisiana/curious-louisi... > Some data suggest there are perhaps 120,000 French speakers in the state, down from about 1 million just 60 years ago. Of those, perhaps 20,000 speak Cajun French, others traditional French. Sounds like the culture is thriving.