French Language and Liberty

[Pinko]

Another thought: given the nature of Freelancer's stereotypically divided universe, I also wouldn't be surprised if any former French Canadians had ended up throwing their lot in with the Zoners, perhaps feeling more "at home" among a group that already was composed of multiple cultures rather than as minorities in a largely anglophonic societiy.

Thanks for your input, Hielor, what you say makes sense. I was wondering, since the Hispanic worlds also have several languages in it, so I figured it wouldn't be a stretch for the American house to have a (if but rare) equivalent. Spanish could also be common.

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I want to get off Mr. Igiss' wild ride.

[Omicron]

There is diversity in sleeper ship Hispania since they packed many people there, not only from Spain/Portugal. Big chunks come from Italy but would not be surprised seeing lots of other countries from Europe. I am surprised there is no Indian people in Bretonia or multitude of cultures inside Liberty.

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[Hielor]

There is diversity in sleeper ship Hispania since they packed many people there, not only from Spain/Portugal. Big chunks come from Italy but would not be surprised seeing lots of other countries from Europe. I am surprised there is no Indian people in Bretonia or multitude of cultures inside Liberty.

Well, the lack of a multitude of cultures inside Liberty despite the presence of multiple cultures in modern America is easily explained by the nature of the Freelancer universe, as I mentioned in my earlier post that I think got lost in all the ninja-editing:

Given that the US has subcultures from all over the world, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find any given language spoken in Liberty, realistically speaking.

That said, Freelancer is based on very strict astrographical divisions between stereotypical ethnic and cultural groups, so I also wouldn't be surprised if the answer was no.

Of course, if you wanted to roleplay that there was some descendants of French Canadians living together someplace, I don't think that would be terribly unreasonable, especially since there would have been no French-speaking house for them to immigrate to (the way other subcultures could have).

However, it also might be worth considering that such a group could be suffering from prejudice and that sort of thing in light of Gallia's aggressiveness, and there may be some pressure for them to move.

[Omicron]

I dont see any culture in USA that can be named "dominating" to be put as Liberty. Your point?

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[r3vange]

No, what's "just unnecessary" is using the same non-default color every time you post.

[color=#FFFFFF]Now that's just being picky.

But allow me to explain my post. You could have elaborated a bit on it as you did in your second post. Posting it in the oh-god-a-smart-commet style just made you look insulting, trolling even

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[Hielor]

I dont see any culture in USA that can be named "dominating" to be put as Liberty. Your point?

The culture of the "USA" section of Disney's Epcot Center, perhaps?

Take away what are generally referred to as "minority" cultures, and what you're left with is the "dominant" culture that Freelancer refelects as Liberty.

[dodike]

Nope, liberty would have killed off the french quebecians, and subsequently doubled the average IQ.

:lol:

As a joke it's funny.

[Not Espi]

well - they DID kill off all the black people, it seems (bandit)

[Jansen]

Its been a few hundred years since the sleeper ships left Sol, so the easiest answer I could think of is that the French speakers got assimilated over that long period of time. The people that arrived in Sirius might still have had some knowledge about the language, but thats been lost over the generations as its not really useful to speak a different language then all the other people do.

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[Not Espi]

people in GALLIA speak english. DUH!