tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100309275954918641.post6864314039369628406..comments2024-02-27T12:22:18.162-05:00Comments on French North America: 2012 Study of Maine Franco-Americans Sheds Light On The Names We Call OurselvesFrenchNorthAmericahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14386393186614622370noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100309275954918641.post-82968822787733379262014-02-05T18:30:51.636-05:002014-02-05T18:30:51.636-05:00The data surprises me as I know no one who calls h...The data surprises me as I know no one who calls him/herself Québecois or Québecois-American.<br /><br />While the term "Franco-American" dates to the nineteenth century when in the 1890s there was a Ligue des sociétés franco-américaines implying that the term was in use prior to that time, it was not until the 1960s that I became familiar with the phrase. At the time, it was quite liberating to me to have a name other than the ubiquitous "French" which of course I knew I wasn't--leading me to feel somewhat of a phoney who used the name of a group that was not really mine. (Thus validating/justifying the use of "real French!") "Franco" separated us from all the other francophone groups in North America and conferred an identity on me. (In 1978, in Paris, my mother was asked if she was "canadienne." Her proud answer was, "Non, je suis franco-américaine."<br /><br />My daughter and granddaughters are Québecoises and live in Montréal but I am a Franco-American--and proud of it.<br />Denis Ledouxhttp://thememoirnetwork.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100309275954918641.post-70708376065191219582013-12-08T08:25:32.827-05:002013-12-08T08:25:32.827-05:00Thank you for this and all of your blogs. As a Fre...Thank you for this and all of your blogs. As a French Canadian who's lived in NH most of her life., I've learner so much Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069811406528955156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100309275954918641.post-77639198151797526662013-05-09T17:53:52.028-04:002013-05-09T17:53:52.028-04:00Just got a copy of the study thanks to Lisa Michau...Just got a copy of the study thanks to Lisa Michaud. It is really quite interesting and certainly a model for similar studies elsewhere. Thank you for bringing it to the attention of your readers!<br /><br />JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com