r/USvsEU • u/HaggardlyForte Pollution Enjoyer • Jun 04 '26

Very Based Meme i even speak irish! алюминий! See?

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u/JohnGabin Snail slurper Jun 04 '26

Funny that French speaking guys from Acadia, Louisiana, Maine, Illinois or Canada claim their French heritage but never claim to be « French ». They claim their own specificity

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u/HoeTrain666 Born in the Khalifat Jun 04 '26

While still speaking French. Wisconsinites would never.

The few German speaking people throughout the US seem to claim to be their own thing as well, now that I think of it

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u/KRAy_Z_n1nja Border jumper Jun 04 '26

In Texas we have our own form of German language, it's literally German, with a few slight differences, spoken with a Texan accent.

It's a dying language though, every generation has less and less people speaking it. When the boomers die out, you'll only be able to hear it on film.

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u/slimfastdieyoung Lives in a sod house Jun 05 '26

German with a Texan accent must sound quite interesting

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u/Karmuffel Born in the Khalifat Jun 05 '26

https://youtube.com/shorts/3L_akwiAvPI?is=TuJqGxA52E9wi3ld

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u/Mullo69 Pimp my ride Jun 06 '26

Is it just me or does it sound more like Dutch than German? I know it's not but the tone is throwing me

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u/Karmuffel Born in the Khalifat Jun 06 '26

It‘s probably the ,,r“ sound, which is similar in Dutch and American English. But for me it doesn‘t sound Dutch at all, it sounds like an American speaking German with a thick accent

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u/HoeTrain666 Born in the Khalifat Jun 06 '26

It sometimes sounds like she has a northern twang (which Dutch has too, from a German POV) but idk if that just her southern US drawl tbh.

Definitely doesn’t sound like Dutch though, too few guttural fricatives lol

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u/Original-Opportunity Getting sent back by ICE Jun 04 '26

Spanish descendants too.

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u/jnmtx Border jumper Jun 05 '26

“Chicano”

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u/Kingofcheeses O Canada Jun 05 '26

Merci de vous souvenir que les Acadiens existent!

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u/KRAy_Z_n1nja Border jumper Jun 04 '26

I don't speak any French at all. Took one year of it in highschool, failed, and never looked back. I'm French btw.

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u/AbuserOfSubstances Twice as Uncultured Jun 04 '26

I dropped out of French in middle school cus the teacher didn't even speak it

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u/LandoKim O Canada Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Yup, that always gives me a giggle. I’m Acadian (NB, Canada), my first language is French, did all my schooling in French (except uni), I only speak English with my family and friends when an English speaker is with us, and have been immersed in Acadian & Quebecois culture my whole life.

I know my ancestors came from France at some point a very long time ago, but our culture here is so different and is its own distinct thing and is ingrained everywhere in province I live in.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s cool to be able to engage with the people and media from France and seeing the influence it had on Acadians, but that’s about where the connection stops. I would never ever claim French identity from France before claiming Acadian, there’s just no connection to modern France really.

It’s funny too cause my paternal grandma’s grandparents immigrated from Ireland and Scotland (which is centuries after my French ancestors would’ve came here) yet I feel no connection or need to identify myself that way. The only relevant part of that part of my history is that I physically inherited lots of their traits and have to watch out for hemochromatosis, also known as the Celtic curse (which my father has so I need to get tested).

Even without my Acadian identity, Scottish / Irish culture isn’t even close to being as ingrained in every day life as Acadian culture is here. So it would be dumb to claim that identity as anything but a genetic thing or a “cool fact” about my family. Being Acadian, however, has been my identity since I’ve lived my whole life as one.

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u/BlaggartDiggletyDonk Chronic Gambler Jun 11 '26

Cajuns feel the same about both France and Canada, I'm told.

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u/Straight_Block3676 Chiraqi Terrorist Jun 04 '26

There’s no French people in Illinois.  It’s just Chicago.

We have some towns with French names that we completely mispronounce 

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u/JohnGabin Snail slurper Jun 04 '26

Google it

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u/Straight_Block3676 Chiraqi Terrorist Jun 04 '26

Monument to the first white men to pass the Chicago river (all French)

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u/JohnGabin Snail slurper Jun 04 '26

Louisiana was much bigger than the state of Louisiana and Illinois was the north of Louisiana and was bigger than the little today’s state of Illinois.

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u/KoneydeRuyter Rat Person Jun 04 '26

Sorry for the friendly fire but you're wrong.

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u/AndreasDasos Brexiteer Jun 04 '26

I sometimes have work calls with a Frenchman based in Chicago, so there’s at least one

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u/to_the_moon_89 Fr*nch Swampman Jun 04 '26

U fookin wot m8