Guest Post from Irene S. Roth my writing instructor from Savvy Authors French Culture, Language and Cuisine By Irene S. Roth I just love the French language. It is romantic and flowery, and it is a joy to speak. I do miss speaking French. I was born in Montreal, Quebec,and I was fluent speaking when I arrived in Ontario Canada. So, I have to work to keep up with my French. But it is far from an austere obligation. It has become a labour of love. The French language is probably the most internationally significant Romance language in the world. As a romance language, it belongs to a group of related languages all derived from Vulgar Latin within historical times and forming a subgroup of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. The major languages of the romance family include French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian. These are all national languages. The Romance languages now have less political or literary significance since both are the Occitan and...
