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		mcguire on July 5, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: African American Vernacular English Is Not Standar... But, but, if you accept that French has a formal definition and you do not follow that definition, then you do not, by definition, ipso facto, quod erat demonstrandom, speak French.

tribaal on July 5, 2016 [–]

I follow that definition when I want to speak proper French.

The rest of the time I'm quite happy to speak my dialect instead.

Ergo: I don't consider dialects (mine or others) to be French. They are dialects of French. Not French.

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