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But the current French state doesn't even try to claim continuity beyond 1870.

I'm sure you know this story. I was introduced to it my a French language teacher who didn't see the way that speakers of regional languages might feel equally "oppressed" by the French state's insistance on monolongual schooling into 3rd Republic "Frenchness".

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Apr 10th, 2012 at 03:44:52 PM EST
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