So I’m sitting here at my Francophone philosophy conference. At first, things went well because speakers had really traditional accents and I could understand their talks fairly well. Then, however, we had two speakers from Quebec and I was completely lost.
During the break, I heard two Spanish-speakers discuss how they couldn’t understand the Quebecois presenters either. I swear that I’d never felt happier to see any other Spanish-speakers than these scholars from Colombia. I now feel marginalized no more. It’s so heartening to feel part of a community, even such a small one.
This is very fitting for a conference on identity.
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