YCCMB Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Why the future of French is African https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47790128The immortels will be having hissy fits...??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Ah, the W ank Bank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 This reminds me of Mark Twain:"There is no such thing as the Queen's English. The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Or Humpty Dumpty:QUOTATION: “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that's all.”2019. Lewis Carroll (1832-98). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of ...https://www.bartleby.com/73/2019.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 When did France start to occupy all these African countries? And Why?Empire building I suppose.They're getting the kick back now with all the immigrants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Africa was in a second or third wave of colonisation ...the first was more towards the Caribbean and America La conquête coloniale est surtout le fait de la Troisième République qui permet de prétendre à un second espace colonial français, essentiellement en Asie et en Afrique. À la suite de la Conférence de Berlin (novembre 1884 - février 1885), la France contrôle d'ailleurs une grande partie de cette dernière, administrant le Niger, l'Algérie, la Tunisie, le Maroc, le Bénin, la Mauritanie, le Sénégal, le Mali, le Tchad, une partie du Congo-Brazzaville, la Côte d'Ivoire, la Guinée, le Burkina Faso, le Gabon, une partie du Cameroun, Madagascar et Djibouti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Thanks Norman. I've read a little about it on Wiki now.I must have heard about the 3rd Republic when doing history A level at school covering those years. But as far as I remember the curriculum concentrated more on german reunification, and british social history. This was in the early 50s, when the memories of WW2 were still very fresh in everyone's minds. And we were very disappointed in France.Though I can understand now how France had become so weak, after years of wars with Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Interesting that France always claims a huge chunk of Africa in colonial times, based on area, but neglects to say that most of that area was desert or semi desert with zero population. Which is why the French language was taught to goats as the teachers, mainly those dodging national service taught the French language to goats and camels and sheep. Thus if you now go to the centre of the Sahel you can have a serious conversation with about Moliere with a sheep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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