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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm from Paris.

When I was growing up, no one talked about any of the French cultures not in the Hexagon, as mainland France is called. The most we knew about were the DOM-TOMs, or the overseas departments and territories, which are officially French, like the Antilles, La Reunion island, Guyane (where the Ariane rocket launches from), etc... Not places like Quebec that actually belong to a different country.

But as an adult [b]I've noticed growing awareness of La Francophonie[/b], or the global French language and culture used on different continents, regardless of whether these French speakers are citizens of other nations or not. And now French people from mainland France are a lot more aware of, and appreciate of, all the French-speaking descendants of French settlers in all parts of the world.

It took a concerted government communication effort over many decades and it's been successful. One of the few things France has done well recently :-)

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Love hearing this. I am learning French for a variety of reasons, including how the culture spread throughout the world. [/quote]

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