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Re:Why are there so many Canadians in India? by blaser-waffle on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:59AM (#27025153)
That's less crazy, esp. given the sizable populations in Canada that speak French to some degree and have ethnic and cultural ties to Francia.
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Re:Why are there so many Canadians in India? by green7ea on Monday May 03, 2021 @10:12AM (#27025311)
> to some degree

That kind of hurts ;-)

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Re:Why are there so many Canadians in India? by eloff on Monday May 03, 2021 @10:02AM (#27025193)
Francia? Is that a thing or a typo? Never heard that used before.
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Re:Why are there so many Canadians in India? by jackbravo on Monday May 03, 2021 @10:36AM (#27025610)
Seems like a historical name for France. And also how we, Spanish speakers, call France :-p

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francia

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Re:Why are there so many Canadians in India? by 908B64B197 on Monday May 03, 2021 @12:35PM (#27027177)
> that speak French to some degree

What do you mean by that?

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Re:Why are there so many Canadians in India? by _whiteCaps_ on Monday May 03, 2021 @02:57PM (#27029229)
French is a requirement in school for English speaking Canadians... it's not very rigorous though. I've lost most of my French.
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Re:Why are there so many Canadians in India? by bobthepanda on Monday May 03, 2021 @08:14PM (#27032582)
It is also a joke on how “French” Canadian varieties of French are.

There are pronunciation and vocabulary differences that get deeper the less formal people are talking.

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