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That's less crazy, esp. given the sizable populations in Canada that speak French to some degree and have ethnic and cultural ties to Francia.



> to some degree

That kind of hurts ;-)


Francia? Is that a thing or a typo? Never heard that used before.


Seems like a historical name for France. And also how we, Spanish speakers, call France :-p

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francia


> that speak French to some degree

What do you mean by that?


French is a requirement in school for English speaking Canadians... it's not very rigorous though. I've lost most of my French.


It is also a joke on how “French” Canadian varieties of French are.

There are pronunciation and vocabulary differences that get deeper the less formal people are talking.




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