Thousands rally for France’s Brittany reunion and greater autonomy

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Quote from: Nemo1024 on April 22, 2014, 03:56:31 AM

The street names are in French. You can see some signs in the capital in three languages: English, French and Jèrriais.
Some name examples: La rue des cotes du nord, rue es picots, la profonde rue. You can see more in Google Maps.

Yes. Most of the signs are in three languages. Did a Google search. But in some places, it is given only in 2 languages (English & Jèrriais):

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The street names are in French. You can see some signs in the capital in three languages: English, French and Jèrriais.
Some name examples: La rue des cotes du nord, rue es picots, la profonde rue. You can see more in Google Maps.

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Quote from: Nemo1024 on April 22, 2014, 03:22:12 AM

I visited Jersey recently. It's a quaint, clean place, with everyone seemingly content. The word "Liberty" seems to crop up everywhere, all street names are in French, yet they drive on the left side of the rode, like Brits. They too have their local language, Jèrriais, which seems to be on its way to extinction. It's currently not taught in schools, though there is talk of starting doing so.

Street names are in Jèrriais or French? Both are different.

Almost all the local languages with the exception of English are on their way to extinction in the UK. That includes Jèrriais of Jersey, Sercquiais of Sark, Dgèrnésiais of Guernsey and Auregnais of Alderney. Sad to see these unique languages dying out. ... In the mainland also most of the local languages are dying... Cornish, Manx, Gàidhlig.etc.

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I visited Jersey recently. It's a quaint, clean place, with everyone seemingly content. The word "Liberty" seems to crop up everywhere, all street names are in French, yet they drive on the left side of the rode, like Brits. They too have their local language, Jèrriais (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A8rriais), which seems to be on its way to extinction. It's currently not taught in schools, though there is talk of starting doing so.

But, as the island is largely autonomous, even with its own print of Pounds in circulation, everyone seems to be content, and there are no signs of separatist movements.

I think the key to happiness there is prosperity and mutual respect, things that are lacking in South-Eastern Ukraine, Catalonia, Venice and, now, Brittany.

(I know, Brittany should come under the jurisdiction of Britain and Normandy - under the jurisdiction of Norway. They'd be much better off than under France Tongue

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Quote from: Balthazar on April 20, 2014, 11:33:57 AM

Oh I see some "terrorists" on the pics

They will soon be labelled so by Hollande and his gang. The situation in Britanny is very similar to that in Donetsk. The local language (Breton or Brezhoneg, as it is known locally) is under an unofficial ban, and the speakers face extreme discrimination. Just a few decades ago, the language had some 2 million speakers, now the number has declined to less than 5% of that.

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Oh I see some "terrorists" on the pics

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Quote from: dogechode on April 20, 2014, 11:20:14 AM

It seems to me like progress would be consolidation into large combined territories but lately every group on the sun seems to want their own region/city/country etc. I don't think this is good in the long run...

Not if "Progress" was based on past wars to submit your territories into new tax schemes for generations. Like what happen just recently with that "French carbon tax", tax that was particularly targeting their local businesses quite a bit.

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It seems to me like progress would be consolidation into large combined territories but lately every group on the sun seems to want their own region/city/country etc. I don't think this is good in the long run...

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Soon to be labeled "domestic terrorists".

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http://rt.com/news/brittany-reunion-rally-france-680

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Nantes residents in France’s west rallied for their city’s reunification with Brittany where it historically belonged, and the greater autonomy of the area. Those who gathered at the event demanded that Brittany’s rights be expanded and its historical boundaries restored. Among the main slogans that were shouted by the crowd, were: “Get Nantes back into Brittany”, “Reunite Brittany”, and “Live, work and decide in the reunited Brittany.”

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