What do France-French think of "French" people in Quebec?

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Anonymous wrote:French people love Quebec. Montreal is full of them. The majority of immigrants in Quebec are from France

No they are not. Check your facts.

Overall, the majority of our immigrants come from France. I'm talking about immigrants from 60 years ago as well as recent immigrants.

Do you mean from other French-speaking countries like Haiti? Most immigrants over the last 60 years are not from France.

Children of immigrants to Quebec are required by law (Bill 101) to send their children to French School so yes, to the previous poster, there are language laws that extend beyond signage, etc...

No, I mean French people from France.

http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/statistiques/population-demographie/migration/internationales-interprovinciales/603.htm

Omg, you are clueless. How about adding up all of the stats of the countries that are ex colonies/overseas territories of France, plus Haiti, and the tell me what you get?

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Spain is the origin of Spanish so they perhaps are allowed to see their Spanish as the most pure and measure other accents by the home country Spanish?

My Spanish friends say in Spain the southern Spanish accent is the most mocked within the Spanish dialects. And that the Mexican is the worst of the new world accents.

I don't think there is anything "racist" involved here. It's different, just as the American English is different from the British English despite that both are western countries and historically the British English (received pronunciation version) has been accepted as the "best" and clearest of the English accents. I personally find South African English the harshest, followed with Glaswegian English, and there's nothing racist involved here.

Your Spanish friends need to get out more.

Someone needs to get rid of the chip on her shoulder.

NP. Castilian Spanish (standard Spanish) is, in and of itself, a dialect. It's spoken in central and northern Spain. It was chosen to be the official version of Spanish because Castilian was spoken by the royal court. That tradition persisted into modern times. But it is no more authentically Spanish or "superior" than any other dialects spoken in Spain or in Central/Latin America.

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Many French tend to have this fairy tale like idea of how Quebec is thanks to travel agencies, the media and so on. Then we they visit, or worse, actually decide to move and live there, they find out just how much Quebecers hate their guts.

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Anonymous wrote:Many French tend to have this fairy tale like idea of how Quebec is thanks to travel agencies, the media and so on. Then we they visit, or worse, actually decide to move and live there, they find out just how much Quebecers hate their guts.

Quebecers don't hate French people. They are everywhere in Montreal and we get along.

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Viewed as backwards cousins, but without malice.

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Spain is the origin of Spanish so they perhaps are allowed to see their Spanish as the most pure and measure other accents by the home country Spanish?

My Spanish friends say in Spain the southern Spanish accent is the most mocked within the Spanish dialects. And that the Mexican is the worst of the new world accents.

I don't think there is anything "racist" involved here. It's different, just as the American English is different from the British English despite that both are western countries and historically the British English (received pronunciation version) has been accepted as the "best" and clearest of the English accents. I personally find South African English the harshest, followed with Glaswegian English, and there's nothing racist involved here.

Your Spanish friends need to get out more.

Someone needs to get rid of the chip on her shoulder.

NP. Castilian Spanish (standard Spanish) is, in and of itself, a dialect. It's spoken in central and northern Spain. It was chosen to be the official version of Spanish because Castilian was spoken by the royal court. That tradition persisted into modern times. But it is no more authentically Spanish or "superior" than any other dialects spoken in Spain or in Central/Latin America.

At one point French was the “official” language of the Spanish royal court.

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Quebec City and Montreal are surprisingly really beautiful. I feel like people don't think of them when you think of vacation destinations. Perhaps because flights are expensive or not seen as exotic enough?

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Spain is the origin of Spanish so they perhaps are allowed to see their Spanish as the most pure and measure other accents by the home country Spanish?

My Spanish friends say in Spain the southern Spanish accent is the most mocked within the Spanish dialects. And that the Mexican is the worst of the new world accents.

I don't think there is anything "racist" involved here. It's different, just as the American English is different from the British English despite that both are western countries and historically the British English (received pronunciation version) has been accepted as the "best" and clearest of the English accents. I personally find South African English the harshest, followed with Glaswegian English, and there's nothing racist involved here.

Your Spanish friends need to get out more.

Someone needs to get rid of the chip on her shoulder.

NP. Castilian Spanish (standard Spanish) is, in and of itself, a dialect. It's spoken in central and northern Spain. It was chosen to be the official version of Spanish because Castilian was spoken by the royal court. That tradition persisted into modern times. But it is no more authentically Spanish or "superior" than any other dialects spoken in Spain or in Central/Latin America.

At one point French was the “official” language of the Spanish royal court.

+1 Felipe V was a grandson of Louis XIV and didn't even know Spanish until he reigned there and learned it!

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What do they think about Haitians?

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This is a kind of hilarious aregument.

How do people in the US Feel about the Brisith?

Quebecois are somewhat French colonials.

The rule keepers aren’t the ones forging to a new land, FWIW.

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Anonymous wrote:I spent time in Paris with a French Canadian friend, and people definitely looked down on her accent. Seemed similar to the way some Americans might view a Southern twang.

I presume similar to how awful the distorted Mexi-Spanish comes across in Spain. Literally don't even know what they're saying half the time.

What the f@ck are you talking about?

Mexican spanish is not distorted.

Your racism is showing.

- native Spanish speaker, not Mexican nor Spanish.

This whole thread is loopy.

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There are some great TikTok accounts that are made by Québécois/French teams. They talk about language and culture. If you’re interested, check them out!

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My French French compatriots who live in Montreal love it. They call it the best of both worlds, a mix of France and North America. I can see their point.

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They are Québécois.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I spent time in Paris with a French Canadian friend, and people definitely looked down on her accent. Seemed similar to the way some Americans might view a Southern twang.

I presume similar to how awful the distorted Mexi-Spanish comes across in Spain. Literally don't even know what they're saying half the time.

What the f@ck are you talking about?

Mexican spanish is not distorted.

Your racism is showing.

- native Spanish speaker, not Mexican nor Spanish.

This whole thread is loopy.

Loopy to reopen an ancient thread.