Like everybody in France under 45 is fluent in English, and who the fuck wants to talk to an older European. Every single French colony without exception is phasing out or has phased out the use of French as France was such an awful colonial power. Did you know that Eclair is pronounced aey-clare? This does nothing for me. I guess some people want to read Les Miserables in the original Foot Mold Language, just like random people enjoy reading Ovid or Cicero in Catholic script.. And just like Latin, fuck that everything has genders and complicated conjugation.

I swear, the French teachers in school were trying to impart the vibe that if we know the French language, French women would have sex with us.

I refuse to defend any facts that I asserted in this essay.

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[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I do not understand why French is put on the same level as actually useful languages. We've got a continent and a half that speaks Spanish right next door, and >40 million Spanish speakers in the country. There's a billion people who speak mandarin. 400 million who speak Arabic (kinda). Hell there's more indigenous language speakers than French speakers here.

Actually I do understand (it's racism).

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

You can sing songs written by Sankara. sankara-bass

[–] xavier_berthiaume@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, viens t'en au Québec! On a de la poutine, de la bière, des manifestations comme en France, du hockey, et de la neige en crisse!

[–] quilter@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The beer is good. Demos are on another level.

But there are the laws against wearing hijabs and turbans. . . . and all the other racism.

[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

bUT YOU COULD VISIT QUEBEK!

[–] xavier_berthiaume@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago

ON EST AU QUÉBEC ICITTTE!!!

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or rural Louisiana, mon ami

[–] regul@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Actual French speakers in rural Louisiana are few and far between. It was official govt. policy until the 80s to prevent Cajun and Creole kids from speaking French in school.