Vive la Louisiane-la francophonie asteur-Prof. Brenda Osbey

La Prof. Brenda M. Osbey, Poète Lauréate de la Louoisiane, explique qu'elle a des amis francophones à la Nouvelle Orléans, mais qu'il est difficile de trouver avec qui pratiquer le français.

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[emergencyexit16]

Her french is standard actually...but to be honest..I THINK IT SHOULD BE MANDATORY THAT LOUISIANA CHILDREN BE AT LEAST PROFICIENT IN FRENCH...we could start with standard french and introduce them to cajun french and creole...IT'S A START..cause no one is LEARNING ANY FRENCH

[pinklion26]

I think it's great that people still speak french in Louisiana! I french canadian and from Quebec. Here everyone speaks french and most are bilingual. I would love to visit Louisiana soon and learn more about the culture.

Vive la langue francaise en Amerique!

[babyj21ify]

I live in Texas and have read anything and everything I can find on Creole history. So fascinating. Thank you for the video. Beautiful language.

[yolenin1]

everyone prefers to speak english nowadays, especially in france, even france can become a colony you know

[AfricanVoiceRadio]

Donc moi je suis d'origine de l'afrique de l'ouest phancophone .et je vie en floride

[cstevenson0388]

@xMazingerZ Tres bien dit, c'est un peu l'hypocrisie de pretendre vouloir defendre la langue et puis ne meme pas l'ecrire. Mes grand-parents et mon pere viennent de Nouvelle-Orleans et je n'ai eu qu'une seule occasion de parler francais la-bas et ce fut dans le Vieux-Carre dans une librairie de bouquins francais. Protegeons le francais en Amerique-du-Nord !

[emergencyexit16]

@lexdiamonds1990 well, yeah, I agree. But how many cajun/creole teachers are there???? Very few. Not nearly enough to fill the need of the state. Why do you think they have to import teachers from Canada? If we wait for enough french cajun teachers, it will be too late.

[matju2]

@emergencyexit16 : Louisiana have had laws against the use of french language in schools in early 20th century, just like Ontario has had. Those are both cases of anglo-majority states that couldn't get rid of the language by softer means. But in the USA, such assimilation tactics hardly had any political price, whereas in Canada, it defined much of the politics and was one of the major things that led to Duplessism.

[lexdiamonds1990]

@emergencyexit16 I actually think it should be the reverse...people in Louisiana should learn the French of LOUISIANA first because that is their heritage, and then they can learn International Standard French.

[xMazingerZ]

Moi je trouve ça pour le moins bizarre que des francophones disent aimer la langue française et qui n'osent même pas l'écrire ici alors que ce vidéo est en français. Pour préserver notre langue, il faudrait commencer par la parler il me semble.

Vive le français en amérique oui. Mais moi je ne fais pas juste le dire, je l'utilises aussi

[emergencyexit16]

@TsalagiAgvnage True, but in comparison to the entire population of louisiana 4 million people, very few are learning french. French has to become the language OF everyday LIFE..not just in the classroom. When I go to target, I want to be greeted with BONJOUR, CA VA? not Hello, how are you? Get what I mean?