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Originally Posted by JHikka
Much of this thread is focusing on the linguistics of Canada which I think is a bit of a far reach. There are things in this country far more important than that to focus on.
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I'm not so sure about that. Say, what are the main differences between Milan, Lyons and Munich? They're all rich Central Western European cities in the same approximate population range of a couple/a few million.
I think we'd have to say the main difference between them that in one case the people living there are mostly Italian; in another the people living there are mostly French; in the last case the people living there are mostly German.
And then if we think about what differentiates these three groups, one of the main characteristics will likely be that the first group speaks Italian, the second group speaks French, and the third group speaks German.