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[–] john89@lemmy.ca -5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

I feel bad for canadians learning french. It's a language that's only useful in like, 1.5 places in the world.

I genuinely believe french canadians are hurting their next generation by filling their heads with nonsense of a dying culture. Kind of like how racists fill their kids' heads with garbage because they're afraid of becoming irrelevant.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

There are over three hundred ~~thousand~~ million people speaking it. On all continents. It's fairly useful. Maybe you should travel more.

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Over three hundred thousand million people? On all continents?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Ok, I mistyped, it's three hundred million. Don't know where that thousand came from. :)

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Looks like if I want to learn French, I'll be able to speak it in:

-France

-A few place in Canada that also speak English

-France's colonies in Africa

-A tiny country in South America most people can't name by looking at this picture

I rest my case. French canadians are pretentious about the significance of the french language. They don't want to admit it's a niche language and they want to waste people's time learning it in schools because they had to waste their time learning it. They don't want to admit it was and still is a waste of time and energy for those who are not predominantly interested in specifically French/French canadian culture.

Source for picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_distribution_of_French_speakers

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's ok, you don't have to learn French, nobody's forcing you.

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's not about me, try not to project your own selfishness onto everyone else.

There are students in Canada wasting their time learning french because "French canadians are pretentious about the significance of the french language. They don’t want to admit it’s a niche language and they want to waste people’s time learning it in schools because they had to waste their time learning it. They don’t want to admit it was and still is a waste of time and energy for those who are not predominantly interested in specifically French/French canadian culture."

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's an official language of their country, why wouldn't they learn it?

It's as stupid as saying one shouldn't learn English because it'll be displaced by Chinese or hindi anyway.

[–] john89@lemmy.ca -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

French canadians are pretentious about the significance of the french language. They don’t want to admit it’s a niche language and they want to waste people’s time learning it in schools because they had to waste their time learning it. They don’t want to admit it was and still is a waste of time and energy for those who are not predominantly interested in specifically French/French canadian culture.

I guess I can just keep repeating this. No, it's not the same as learning English.

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

We should all bow to the American overlords indeed. Coca cola and burgers are the peek of humanity

[–] john89@lemmy.ca -5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Wow... do french canadians really believe that learning french is a way to fight back against America?

Just... wow. I knew they were delusional an insecure, but this really puts things into perspective for me.

Glad we could have this conversation.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

French Canadians, (Québécois), believe it's a way to fight other Canadians. If it works against Americans? Well that's just a bonus.

[–] john89@lemmy.ca -3 points 11 hours ago