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I bet there are a *lot of differences between Swiss French and Canadian French.
--who me, obvious?
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Aye, it's not different that English, with all it's variations across the world.
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Well, sufficient for Microsoft Word to offer different language settings for French(Canada) and French(Switzerland).
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As I recall from psych 101, the cat doesn't transfur (I like that spelling!) the fear of hot water to all water, it just doesn't understand that there may be different sorts of water. Meouch! Clear liquid hurts! Will probably drink lots of milk in the days to come.
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In my Word program there are fifteen different French alternatives.
French - Belgium
French - Camaroon
French - Canada
French - Congo
French - Côte d’Ivoire
French - France
French - Haiti
French - Luxembourg
French - Mali
French - Monaco
French - Morraco
French - Reunion
French - Senegal
French - Switzerland
French - West Indies
(not sure what Reunion is though)
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An island in the Indian Ocean: http://www.iledelareunion.net/
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(not sure what Reunion is though)
No one actually lives on the Island of Reunion but people who were born there come back from time to time to see old friends, who also live elsewhere but return for the same purpose.
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I guess they left out Martinique because it's a department of France. But what about Devil's Island?
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thank you Faldage  Father Steve....  (note to self...must stop being so gullible, must stop being so gullible.)
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I think the scalded cat fearing any water would be displaying phobia generalization, much as an individual frightened by a rattler might come to react fearfully to all snakes.
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