La Vallรฉe d'Aoste, cette enclave francophone en Italie dont on parle peu mais qui se bat pour prรฉserver son patois franco-provenรงal, le Valdรดtain, mis en danger par Rome youtube.com/watch?v=UDtsxโ€ฆ
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La Vallรฉe d'Aoste, cette enclave francophone en Italie dont on parle peu mais qui se bat pour prรฉserver son patois franco-provenรงal, le Valdรดtain, mis en danger par Rome youtube.com/watch?v=UDtsxโ€ฆ
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Le patois ou "Les mots du coeur" (documentaire) [Documentary in French on Patois d'Evolรจne - a Franco Provenรงal dialect spoken in Switzerland] youtube.com/watch?v=Wd77Cโ€ฆ
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Is the Franco-Provenรงal/Arpitan an artificial construct for ease of reference? Or is it a distinct language?

Is it a group of dialects of French/d'oil that are together only for convenience or is it pretty undisputably a language of its own?

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Has France been committing cultural genocide on its linguistic minorities?

IMPORTANT: I only decided to write and post this discussion prompt because some people believe the answer to this question to be yes and even compared France to what China has been doing and I want you guys to talk about it.

First cultural genocide is generally defined as the intentional acts of destruction of a culture of a specific nationality or ethnic group. Cultural genocide and regular genocide are not mutually exclusive. However, be aware that it is a scholarly term used mainly in academia and does not yet have a legal definition in any national or international laws.

Second, the French Republic has multiple regional languages and non-standard indigenous dialects within its modern borders known colloquially as patois. The modern standard French language as we know it today is based on the regional variant spoken by the aristocracy in Paris. Up until the educational reforms of the late 19th century, only a quarter of people in France spoke French as their native language while merely 10% spoke and only half could understand it at the time of the French Revolution. Besides the over 10 closest relatives of French (known as the Langues d'oรฏl or Oรฏl languages) spoken in the northern half of France such as Picard and Gallo, there are also Occitan in the southern half aka Occitania, Breton, Lorraine Franconian, Alsatian, Dutch, Franco-Provenรงal, Corsican, and even Catalan and Basque.

Here are the list of things France has done and still practices in regards to its policies on cultural regions and linguistic minorities:

  • Rather than a break with the past, the French Revolution was a continuation of the formation of the French state from its feudal and fragmented origin into a unified country long worked o
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Speaking Atlas of Regional Languages : Switzerland
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Alternate history of Switzerland
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Alternate history of Switzerland
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If my son ever came out to be trans then I wouldnโ€™t have a son anymore

I would have a daughter

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Ah yes, pretty hip
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Dis-a-
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Don't know if this was posted here before
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Bill and Melinda Gates got divorced. Melinda got the house...

But Bill kept the Windows

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From my 5-year-old son: "Hey"

True story; it even happened last night. My 5-year-old son walks up behind me and out of the blue says, "hey."

I turn to him and say, "yeah, kiddo? What's up?"

He responds, "it's dead grass."

I'm really confused and trying to figure out what's wrong and what he wants from me. "What? There's dead grass? What's wrong with that?"

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He says, totally straight-faced, "hay is dead grass," and runs off.

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History/Rundown of French Regional Languages

Can anyone provide me with the differences between and a history of regional languages in France? I'm an L2 French speaker and am really interested.

Specifically, what are the differences between the Gallo-Romance languages (standard French, Occitan languages, les langues d'Oรฏl (idk the English term), Franco-Provenรงal languages, and Catalan)? How did they evolve alongside one another? What are their main influences? How have they influenced one another?

If anyone could give me a rundown of the key points, that would be great. I really want to develop a greater understanding of regional variants of French but it's very tricky to get started!

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There will be point in the future when Canada will take over the world.

And then you will all be sorry.

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What rhymes with orange.

No it doesn't.

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My Bluetooth speaker wasnโ€™t working so I threw it into the lake.

Now itโ€™s syncing.

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In surgery my doctor said, "So what do we have here?" I replied that I broke my arm in 12 places."

He replied, "Well, stop going to those places then!"

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To the person who stole my MS Office License.

I will find you. You have my Word.

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I told my wife I saw a deer on the way to work.

She said how do you know he was headed to work?

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In honor of Motherโ€™s Day, Iโ€™d just like to say,

โ€œthank you for your cervix.โ€

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Sponge bob | (โ€ข)(โ€ข) | , Patrick / (โ€ข)(โ€ข) \ , Squidward ( (โ€ข)(โ€ข) ) , Plankton | (โ€ข) | , Mr. Krabs |โ€ข| |โ€ข|

Made me smile

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I got banned from /r/DadJokes for posting, "Frosted Flakes! Cheerios! Lucky Charms! Frosted Flakes! Cheerios! Lucky Charms! Frosted Flakes! Cheerios! Lucky Charms! Frosted Flakes! Cheerios! Lucky Charms! Frosted Flakes! Cheerios! Lucky Charms! Frosted Flakes! Cheerios! Lucky Charms!"

Mods said I'm a cereal reposter...

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Initially I didnโ€™t believe that my chiropractor was any good.

But now I stand corrected.

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*Triggering britishers*
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Guys, today was my first day in the navy and I felt so lost!

Wait. Sorry, wrong sub.

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And on that note
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I'm so proud. My 12-year old told this joke during dinner: What degree does Dr. Pepper have?

Theoretical Fizz-ics

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Knight Knight
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originally posted on r/tumblr by u/MaetelofLaMetal
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Why is Dark spelled with a โ€˜Kโ€™ and not a โ€˜Cโ€™?

Because you canโ€™t โ€˜Cโ€™ in the dark

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What happened to the Arpitan videos?

I swear the channel had 2 videos on the Arpitan/Franco-Provenรงal/Savoyard/Valdรดtaine language. But now I can't find any of them.

Any idea what happened or where I can access them?

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He gave the toy horses a home in his ___
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My Dad just sent me this
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It is
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My wife said, โ€œI donโ€™t really understand the science behind human cloning.โ€

I said, โ€œThat makes two of us.โ€

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I caught my son chewing on an electrical cord...

so I had to ground him.

He's doing better currently.

And conducting himself properly.

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There were 30 cows and 28 chicken. How many didn't?
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Found one of our own
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Music puns sometimes hit the high notes
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My wife: You need to do more chores around the house.

Me: Can we change the subject?

My wife: Okay. More chores around the house need to be done by you.

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3 in 1
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I saw a pack of gummy worms that said โ€œNo artificial flavor.โ€

Who buys gummy worms hoping theyโ€™d taste as close to real worms as possible?

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get it? get it? get it?
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The CEO of IKEA has been elected Prime Minister of Sweden.

He's currently assembling his cabinet.

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Does this mean we're doomed?
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My friend was bragging that his new 3D printer can print a gun.

Big deal. I have had a Canon printer for years.

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Why doesn't james bond fart in bed?

Because it'll blow his cover

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