"I think many people, (myself included) tend to view this country, and its language, as being influenced by, or more related to Germanic culture and language than we apply to other Romance speaking countries like Spain, Portugal, and Italy. "
To tell the truth is the very first time I've heard of that.....
I do belirve you (and no more people) are thinling wrong.
Besides France is influenced by Germanic culture like the other Romances speaking countries, Italy first.
"It has been an essentially Gallic land, "
an essentially Roman land
"with a Gallo-Roman culture and language since Roman times, "
with a Roman culture and language since Roman times,
"French people see themselves as French, (Gallo-Romance, Latin) and clearly distinct from the Germanic peoples. "
Obviously, I wonder what they might think otherwise
"France derives its name from the fact that, when Charlemagne's vast empire was partitioned among his sons and their successors, the domain which covered the modern borders of France, was known as "West Francia". Because of this, the name of the country eventually became "France". But calling the country "France" is about as silly as calling Italy (Ostrogothia), or Spain (Visigothia). "
I truly wonder: haven't you anything else to think????????
To tell the truth is the very first time I've heard of that.....
I do belirve you (and no more people) are thinling wrong.
Besides France is influenced by Germanic culture like the other Romances speaking countries, Italy first.
"It has been an essentially Gallic land, "
an essentially Roman land
"with a Gallo-Roman culture and language since Roman times, "
with a Roman culture and language since Roman times,
"French people see themselves as French, (Gallo-Romance, Latin) and clearly distinct from the Germanic peoples. "
Obviously, I wonder what they might think otherwise
"France derives its name from the fact that, when Charlemagne's vast empire was partitioned among his sons and their successors, the domain which covered the modern borders of France, was known as "West Francia". Because of this, the name of the country eventually became "France". But calling the country "France" is about as silly as calling Italy (Ostrogothia), or Spain (Visigothia). "
I truly wonder: haven't you anything else to think????????