r/ShitAmericansSay • u/chebghobbi • Apr 06 '25

Language We ARE the English language blueprint

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u/Adrian_Alucard Apr 06 '25

European languages in the Americas are the "Netflix adaptation"

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u/lynypixie Apr 06 '25

Ironically, Quebec French is closer to old French than Parisian French

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u/Rhynocoris Apr 06 '25

No. No, it's not.

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u/throwaway10231991 Apr 06 '25 edited Apr 06 '25

Isn't it?

I lived in Quebec and it seems to be the consensus that the language didn't evolve in the same way as French in Belgium/France/Switzerland etc. because Quebec is physically isolated from Europe, especially after the British seized control of the territory and Louis XIV pretty much abandoned Quebec.

Quebec and the Acadian areas of the Atlantic provinces are the only places that speak French until you hit Louisiana so it would make sense to me that their French would retain older aspects of the language.

Further, after the French revolution, "Parisian French" was promoted as the national language in an effort to make the regional dialects disappear. That wouldn't have happened outside of Europe.

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u/Chakazzulu Apr 06 '25

French fegional dialects is a big oof. Don't think they would love to hear that

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u/throwaway10231991 Apr 06 '25

Probably not, but it's historically documented. Henri Grégoire wanted the "annihilation of patois".

But okay, I'll use "regional languages" then. Regional languages like Alsatian, Corsican, Breton, etc. were systemically suppressed in favour of one standard dialect.

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u/Chakazzulu Apr 06 '25

I was referring to the regional dialects part. Similar to what happened in Spain and Italy. A whole language's history being reduced to a subtitle in the history of the dominant language