• PawsomePan [she/her]@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 days ago

    Yesterday I was on the subway and I realized that the next station is given in French and Occitan. I’m happy to see that the language of my people has not yet been fully killed by France. If someone is curious, “next station” (or whatever you call it in English) is “estacion que vèn”, at least in the local dialect. I really want to learn our language but it’s already a miracle that I speak English.

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      That’s really nice to hear! Hopefully the Occitan language and identity will flourish. Southern France is so different from Northern France so it’s a shame that identity has been lost. It also irks me when people talk about French food like it’s a single cuisine, even though Occitan cuisine is more similar to Italian and Spanish food