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To: The Grammarian

Isn't Corsican different then French?


61 posted on 08/13/2005 1:19:00 AM PDT by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: nickcarraway

The short answer: Yes.

The long answer: Corsica is a province within France (though it was not always so). Its natives, the Corsicans, are a distinct ethnic group with their own language (Corse), quite apart from the French.


62 posted on 08/13/2005 1:23:38 AM PDT by The Grammarian
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To: nickcarraway

Corsicans are really Italians, just as Alsatians are really Germans.


65 posted on 08/13/2005 4:26:45 AM PDT by ZULU (Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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