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Re:How Africans Are Changing French – One Joke, Rap and Book... by coldtea on Sunday December 17, 2023 @07:50PM (#38678025)
You'd be surprised. Though I think you've misunderstood the parent's comment. THe parent doesn't literally mean that they think of Quebec as a colony.

He means that they look down upon Quebec people, as if they are "ploucs" [from some backwater colony], without their French "sophistication" and accent.

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Re:How Africans Are Changing French – One Joke, Rap and Book... by ttoinou on Sunday December 17, 2023 @09:41PM (#38678699)
But parisians think that of the whole world, so it's not particulary meaningful.

If you're hurt by parisian attitude, you've failed the "I shouldn't give a fuck" test they're making you pass ;)

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Re:How Africans Are Changing French – One Joke, Rap and Book... by Apocryphon on Sunday December 17, 2023 @10:23PM (#38678910)
It's ironic because Quebecois French might be closer to the pre-Revolutionary King's French than the speech of the sans-culottes.

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220829-the-royal-roots-...

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