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Old 01-06-26 | 04:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Doc Sharptail
That's an overly simplified view of what actually happened with the Quebecois independence movement. It failed, not on languages, but on politics. Hint: Paris wasn't particularly interested. The michif tinged "french" Canadian patter still generates muted chuckles down by Seine.

-D.S.
Yeah I wouldn't doubt I have some things wrong, given that I am not a Canadian citizen. Yeah I'm sure the French isn't perfect, which is why some from the area were not hired as French teachers in some places of the USA. In my own French class, the instructor said that words in France needed to be approved by some language academy, or something like that, and that the government frowns on "franglais".

But anyway, that young Scots woman weeping on the curb, that got to me, it just seemed about more than being able to ignore Euro trade limits on fishing and north sea oil rights and such, leading to a tragedy of the commons.

I hope someday to visit the UK, but probably won't happen. My dream would be to just be in an urban flat for several months, buy food and cook it myself, and via my folding bike, explore and learn about the city, instead of just viewing touristy things. But the cost of a very minimal flat, just foldout bed, bathroom, and cookstove, in some place like London, is prohibitive.
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