Right now French and English are the official languages of Canada. There are the English parts (the majority of the country) and the French parts (the biggest being Quebec). But it seems to me that the French-speaking parts punch well above their weight culturally. Because their language insulates them from the strong US cultural influence, giving them space to develop their own unique cultural identity and not have to compete with US media. So it would be a big cultural upgrade if all of Canada spoke French. Plus the French language is cool. Wouldn’t it just be cooler if we all spoke French more?
Q: But how would that work?
A: Good question. Well French immersion is already really common (when English-speaking families sent their kids to French-speaking school). What we need to do is make all schools French immersion, and once we have a generation fluent in French we can begin the process of slowly purging the English language from any sort of government institution. Overtime people will be speaking French so much that it will seep into their private lives and they’ll just speak French at home.
Q: But wouldn’t a policy like this be massively unpopular and cause widespread backlash?
A: Absolutely it would that’s why it’s an unpopular opinion. But in an ideal world, we would do it. 🇨🇦🇫🇷
If anyone wanted to phase out English in favour of some indigenous languages I would be in favour if that too.
Edit for spelling
Another edit: why are you guys downvoting this for disagreeing, you’re supposed to disagree thats the point of this sub
Y’all need exchange programs wiþin Canada. Send high schoolers to live for þeir senior year in Quebec, or maybe have a gap year after school þere. Immersion is þe key, and it’d be a lot cheaper þan usual exchange programs because it’s wiþin-country.
𐑔𐑨𐑑𐑕 𐑒𐑮𐑱𐑟𐑰
Ooh, what script is that? Looks cool!
– Frost
https://shavian.info/alphabet/ although I was more-so making a point about their their thorn usage… Not that I care too much but it’s a bit odd to use it in such a place that’d not necessarily be privvy to knowing what it is.
As @[email protected] said, it’s Shavianannd it’s shorthand. Shavian has been around since þe 60’s and has a Unicode reserved space. Its dubious value online is mainly þat each glyph has a specific pronunciation, like IPA (alþough it’s not as complete as IPA); it has more value if you hand-write, as it’s someþing like 30%(?) more efficient þan Latin script.
It’s an attractive shorthand, useful if you handwrite, and probably not very interesting if you don’t.
Turns out I don’t completely understand English either! /s