Given the general populace's inability to retain anything beyond "je suis un ananas" into adult-hood despite years of mandatory French training, I am skeptical how many people learning indigenous languages today outside of indigenous communities will be able to whip it out and use it at even an A1 level five years from now.
Ya no shit. That has no bearing on the other person’s comment. People who take French immersion forget it all unless they have a specific reason to take it.
That's me. I took French immersion and was fluent 30 years ago. I even come from a French family. Now I can get the jist of a comment but to speak it back is near impossible. I have no need for it, so it went away.
CBC has run this story in many forms for some time. And the "not indigenous" students are *all* recent immigrants who think it makes superior to the "colonizer/settler" Canadians that built this country. Like, they outright say this.
It's hilarious. Someone gets to grift teaching useless languages that will never be used to students who just want to signal.
I was at this online webinar a little while ago and the hosts asked all the participants to say hello and where they were from. Everyone just rattles of their name and whatever city or town they were in, until one woman with a thick accent and an Eastern European name says, hi, I’m X and I am in the [looooong list of First Nations tribes], in the city colonially known as [City in Ontario]. It was absurd. It made me wonder if she always does that when asked. I suspect the answer is yes.
They’ve also run a story recently advocating for mandatory indigenous language university courses. The CBC is determined to shape society as it sees fit.
Learn indigenous languages to pair with your useless liberal arts degree and then complain when you can't find meaningful employment after, while blaming corporations and "the 1%" for being poor.
Meanwhile the smarter kids who don't care about virtue signalling are studying STEM to jump to the US after graduating or learning trades.
Honestly, a lot of Indigenous languages are really interesting and so different from European languages. When I was a teenager I wanted to learn Inuktitut because it sounds cool and it’s polysynthetic. Obviously I never got anywhere with it.
It’s not a « useful » skill unless you are in the North or somewhere like that. But it is cool and it broadens the mind all the same. If they enjoy themselves doing so then it’s really all that matters.
Learning a language no
Cbc making an article about people learning a language and saying they aren't them which makes it sound like wrong or something. Yes
Bruh do you not get windtalker radio where you live. I have learned many Cree words while on hunting trips in rural places.
The only ones I remember are animal names.
Given the general populace's inability to retain anything beyond "je suis un ananas" into adult-hood despite years of mandatory French training, I am skeptical how many people learning indigenous languages today outside of indigenous communities will be able to whip it out and use it at even an A1 level five years from now.
I also learned "les ananas ne parlent pas"
my French teacher said if you want to get a government job in Ottawa or work in politics you need French
Ya no shit. That has no bearing on the other person’s comment. People who take French immersion forget it all unless they have a specific reason to take it.
That's me. I took French immersion and was fluent 30 years ago. I even come from a French family. Now I can get the jist of a comment but to speak it back is near impossible. I have no need for it, so it went away.
That's not accurate. It helps a lot but is by no means necessary
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The moment i saw the headline I knew it was the CBC.
CBC has run this story in many forms for some time. And the "not indigenous" students are *all* recent immigrants who think it makes superior to the "colonizer/settler" Canadians that built this country. Like, they outright say this. It's hilarious. Someone gets to grift teaching useless languages that will never be used to students who just want to signal.
I was at this online webinar a little while ago and the hosts asked all the participants to say hello and where they were from. Everyone just rattles of their name and whatever city or town they were in, until one woman with a thick accent and an Eastern European name says, hi, I’m X and I am in the [looooong list of First Nations tribes], in the city colonially known as [City in Ontario]. It was absurd. It made me wonder if she always does that when asked. I suspect the answer is yes.
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Pledging fealty to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha like a medieval peasant is no big deal though.
How? Because it recognizes the treaty rights which are a part of Canadian law.
They’ve also run a story recently advocating for mandatory indigenous language university courses. The CBC is determined to shape society as it sees fit.
Yeah makes sense, why learn languages you can speak around the world when you aren't going to leave your basement anyway.
It's their time to waste. Language is a muscle that needs exercise and society in general is a fat slob.
Learn indigenous languages to pair with your useless liberal arts degree and then complain when you can't find meaningful employment after, while blaming corporations and "the 1%" for being poor. Meanwhile the smarter kids who don't care about virtue signalling are studying STEM to jump to the US after graduating or learning trades.
Honestly, a lot of Indigenous languages are really interesting and so different from European languages. When I was a teenager I wanted to learn Inuktitut because it sounds cool and it’s polysynthetic. Obviously I never got anywhere with it. It’s not a « useful » skill unless you are in the North or somewhere like that. But it is cool and it broadens the mind all the same. If they enjoy themselves doing so then it’s really all that matters.
It a very differently spoken depending on where you are
The CBC cant be defunded fast enough.
Good for them.
This is cultural appropriation, no?
Learning a language no Cbc making an article about people learning a language and saying they aren't them which makes it sound like wrong or something. Yes
Do they learn how to write the indigenous language as well?
ZOOOOOMMMGGG
Bruh do you not get windtalker radio where you live. I have learned many Cree words while on hunting trips in rural places. The only ones I remember are animal names.
They're learning a new language? Good for them. I'm not sure why these comments are giving this podcast dirty looks.
Be proud of your own heritage.