#anglophones

[scarecrowscribe]

Editing book reviews from 2011 and I find they've consistently misspelled the author's name (François) as "Francois." Yes, I will go in and correct every single "Fran-quoi" before I send this out. Today, I can choose to be exactly the pedant I want to see in the world.

[madonnamadeofasphalt]

How Not To Be An Obnoxious Asshole, For Anglos Specifically, Since All  Of Your Parents Did A Shit Job:

When you’re talking to or about foreigners, you should learn how to pronounce their fucking names.

If you just go and pronounce them as if they’re English names while talking to or about people in your life, you’re being the rudest motherfucker on the goddamn planet.

If you do that while talking about public persons, historical figures or fictional characters, you’re exposing yourself as not having done the absolute most basic research on the topic you’re talking about and nobody should ever treat you or your opinions seriously.

If you’ve ever uttered the phrase “I’m not even going to try and pronounce that”, you deserve to be hit with a very large stick.

If you did it multiple times, you deserve to be hit with a very large stick for each and every time you did it, and then to keep getting hit until you fucking learn.

Nobody cares about how shitty your educational system is. Delete this rant you’ve just started writing about your shitty educational system.

Most if not all countries on Earth have shitty educational systems since we all live under global capitalism, and it’s fucking bad for education.

You are, in fact, supposed to keep learning and growing as a person even after getting out of school!

Fucking stop it.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Protesters gather against Quebec's French-language bill in Montreal

Opponents of Bill 96 say the proposed law will restrict access to education, health care, and justice for those who don't speak French.

The streets of downtown Montreal were flooded with protesters on Saturday as many gathered against Bill 96, the Quebec government's proposed law to reform its Charter of the French language.

Organized by groups that represent the province's English-speaking community, the protest sought to send a strong message to the majority government that the legislation as it stands is unacceptable.

"We're telling Premier [François] Legault and his CAQ government [that] we're Quebecers," said Marlene Jennings, president of the Quebec Community Groups Network.

"We cherish and support French, we want to see it protected and promoted, but not on our backs, not on our fundamental rights."

Tabled a year ago, Bill 96 is in the final stages of passing and is expected to come to a vote in the National Assembly later this month. It would make several changes to the 1977 Charter of the French Language, also known as Bill 101, by strengthening the status of French in "all spheres of society."

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[brazilspill]

Dear English-only speakers,

Accents and letters are not for aesthetics.

Nor are they optional when writing a name or word from our languages.

Stop disrespecting us and our languages.

[rvexillology]

Flag of Anglophones

from /r/vexillology Top comment: Should be flag of Anglophone North America

[noora-my-love]

And now that we have finished compulsively refreshing the skam website, us non-norwegian speakers will anxiously wait and fight the urge to look up spoilers for the next hour. Good luck all, I hope you don't spontaneously combust.

[drag-tween]

After controversial directive, Quebec now says anglophones have right to English health services

It is meant to replace an older directive, published in July, that raised concerns the government was limiting access to health care in languages other than French

[minnesotafollower]

Cameroonians Making Home in Minnesota

By 2022 an estimated 3,600 Cameroonians called the State of Minnesota home, more than doubling since 2016.[1] A member of this group, Adrian Abongmbu, who came here around 12 years ago, believes this growth is due to the affordable cost of living here. He said, the costs here are “very moderate. And it’s very family-friendly. It’s easy for people to start their lives in Minnesota.” He, his wife…

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