France Votes 2017

Discussion in 'Elections' started by Anthony, Apr 12, 2017.

  1. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ok, can you set me free now?
     
  2. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah....I was thinking of letting you free as well today!
    Go for it man, you can disassociate yourself from this utter moron. ;)
     
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  3. The Devil's Architect

    Feb 10, 2000
    The American Steppe
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Anyone notice how Manny stiffed Donny and went strait for Angie?

    That's some MVP level seducing of an Older Woman
     
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  4. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
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    Arsenal FC
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    United States
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  5. crazypete13

    crazypete13 Moderator
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    May 7, 2007
    A walk from BMO
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    Toronto FC
    Moved to Elections with the UK and Germans
     
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  6. babaorum

    babaorum Member+

    Aug 20, 2005
    Marseille
    Nat'l Team:
    France
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  7. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That was not unexpected.. ;)
     
  8. babaorum

    babaorum Member+

    Aug 20, 2005
    Marseille
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Off but nevertheless interesting subject : Paris is no longer the largest francophone city in the world, at least according to the 2016 United Nations world cities report. Indeed, Kinshasa has 12.1 millions inhabitants vs about 11 millions for Paris. The cities coming next are also not located in France : Abidjan, Montréal, Dakar, Casablanca.
     
  9. crazypete13

    crazypete13 Moderator
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    May 7, 2007
    A walk from BMO
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    I take that all with a grain of salt Montréal, and likely a good number of those cities, is nowhere near 100% French speaking, nor are they likely a primarily 1st language francophone city as Paris.
     
  10. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    1 Neither is Paris
    2 I wouldn't be surprised if Abidjan was largely first language French just for the fact that Ivorians have no other language in common unlike in the nations of the other cities listed.
     
  11. crazypete13

    crazypete13 Moderator
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    May 7, 2007
    A walk from BMO
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Very true, would be interesting to see stats on this.
     
  12. babaorum

    babaorum Member+

    Aug 20, 2005
    Marseille
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Looking at the 2014 International Francophonie Organization report, 50% of Dakar inhabitants declare themselves to be francophone, about 60% of those living in Kinshasa, and 80% of Abidjan inhabitants. By 'francophone' I mean people who use the French language on a daily basis, either because it's their native language or because they learned it at school.
     
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  13. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
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    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Actually in West Africa/ Gulf of Guinea, I would say close to 90% speak french. Specifically Gabon, Cameroon, Congo B.....are predominantly french speaking. It is actually a common language for them since they have so many dialects.
     
  14. White/Blue_since1860

    Orange14 is gay
    Jan 4, 2007
    Bum zua City
    Club:
    TSV 1860 München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Macron-Merkel could provide EUs strongest leadership in decades
     
  15. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
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    Chicago Red Stars
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    United States
    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europ...ction-2017&link_location=live-reporting-story
     
  16. White/Blue_since1860

    Orange14 is gay
    Jan 4, 2007
    Bum zua City
    Club:
    TSV 1860 München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    This is good stuff in hindsight considering my view on French party establishment becoming neglectable was right
     
  17. babaorum

    babaorum Member+

    Aug 20, 2005
    Marseille
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    It's true right now. We'll see how things evolve in the future.
     
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  18. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Actually, your views are neglectable...
     
  19. White/Blue_since1860

    Orange14 is gay
    Jan 4, 2007
    Bum zua City
    Club:
    TSV 1860 München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    You want to keep harping on your points despite your obvious ignorance of France politics and its dynamics.
     
  20. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    This is a peeve of mine. If a language is not one of Europes it is called a dialect. I've seen Indian languages referred to as dialects even though each of the major ones are spoken by tens of millions of people.
     
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  21. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    as I said your views are neglectable...Careful though, your true colors are showing.
     
  22. White/Blue_since1860

    Orange14 is gay
    Jan 4, 2007
    Bum zua City
    Club:
    TSV 1860 München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    In case you didnt realize, this was a quote from your initial post
     
  23. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That is a fair point. I have heard people from Cameroon or Gabon using the dialect word as well to refer to the different languages.
    Genuine question though, what is the criteria to consider / define a language vs a dialect?
     
  24. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    In case you don't realize, that Macron election, and the subsequent "legislatives:" are a present time phenomenon and can not in any preclude that political parties/ establishment in
    France will become "neglectable". It is totally myopic to even think so. But what do I know, you have a crystal ball...
     
  25. White/Blue_since1860

    Orange14 is gay
    Jan 4, 2007
    Bum zua City
    Club:
    TSV 1860 München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    You evidently dont have a good record of making predictions so why are you going out on this limb again?
     

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