tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post2554158703758393193..comments2023-12-17T20:57:01.830-08:00Comments on The Worldwide Decline of French: Montreal People See French Losing GroundUnfrench Frenchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386601400469615noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-45740197136150920072009-04-22T18:01:00.000-07:002009-04-22T18:01:00.000-07:00"L'anglais est langue mondiale, on le sait depuis ..."L'anglais est langue mondiale, on le sait depuis longtemps, mais il devient toujours plus clairement sumbole de tiers-mondisation."<br /><br />Yeah, like in Centrafrique, Haiti, Niger, Mali, Congo or Tchad to name but a few countries. All places ravaged by the scourge of English I suppose.Unfrench Frenchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386601400469615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-30958098214958612702009-04-20T03:36:00.000-07:002009-04-20T03:36:00.000-07:00"La langue française perd du terrain à Montréal, e..."La langue française perd du terrain à Montréal, et l'économie se dégrade":<br /><br />2 phénomènes intercorrélés.<br />L'anglais est langue mondiale, on le sait depuis longtemps, mais il devient toujours plus clairement sumbole de tiers-mondisation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-15966248149830802582009-03-15T12:49:00.000-07:002009-03-15T12:49:00.000-07:00One last comment. Liberation from the Germans by A...One last comment. Liberation from the Germans by American, British, and other allied forces is not France's "darkest hour." Nor is the anti-Americanism of Charles de Gaulle's presidency. I would say France's darkest hour is that under the Vichi regime, the French <B>volunteered</B> to round up Jews for the Gestapo. The Germans had a much tougher time doing the same thing in Denmark.Edward J. Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925008506185290162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-45562678392498576962009-03-15T12:39:00.000-07:002009-03-15T12:39:00.000-07:00One more thing. Some people will dispute the part ...One more thing. Some people will dispute the part about Canadian soldiers necessarily belonging to the English-speaking world since a good chunk of Canada (bigger then than now) speaks French. Well, Quebec voted against overseas conscription so I believe most of the Canadians who died in Normandy were English-speaking.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.linksnorth.com/canada-history/canadaandworldwar2.html" REL="nofollow">Canada and World War II</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_was_Quebec_angry_about_conscription_in_World_War_2" REL="nofollow">Why was Quebec angry about conscription in World War 2?</A>Edward J. Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925008506185290162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-11768287084937136502009-03-15T12:24:00.000-07:002009-03-15T12:24:00.000-07:00I deleted the last comment not because I wrote any...I deleted the last comment not because I wrote anything offensive but because I posted a link wrong. Here is the corrected post.<BR/>_________________________________<BR/><BR/>The following link has nothing to do with either the French or English language, but I thought you might be interested in it:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7942086.stm" REL="nofollow">France returns to NATO</A>Edward J. Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925008506185290162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-69647724390548691752009-03-15T12:20:00.000-07:002009-03-15T12:20:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Edward J. Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925008506185290162noreply@blogger.com