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Anonymous wrote:I read that the French spoken in Quebec is equivalent to what the English colonists spoke and that the language sounds more stagnant and old-fashioned to the French. Is this true? In any event, Quebec is beautiful and I was so envious and impressed how the Quebecois switched effortless between English and French.

The English colonists spoke English not French...

What?? You're kidding. The English colonists spoke English?? I had no idea.

No. What I meant is that French language stagnated similarly to what it would sound like if we spoke colonial English today, hence the word "equivalent" and not "is" or "was." In other words, Canadian French sounds like Ye Olde French to the French today.

That's silly. Why would the French language "stagnate" in Quebec, any more than any other language? Every living language changes over time.

I’m not a native French speaker but the Quebec accent hurts my ear.

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Anonymous wrote:Quebecoise person here. Not french. Quebecers are charming but more laid back bordering on dirt baggy compared with parisiennes. I'd say more like spain or even portugal vis a vis france.

Wut?

Translation: Quebec is full of lazy country bumpkins. Not sophisticated like France.

Anonymous wrote:Quebecoise person here. Not french. Quebecers are charming but more laid back bordering on dirt baggy compared with parisiennes. I'd say more like spain or even portugal vis a vis france.

Wut?

Anonymous wrote:Quebecoise person here. Not french. Quebecers are charming but more laid back bordering on dirt baggy compared with parisiennes. I'd say more like spain or even portugal vis a vis france.

What does dirt baggy mean in this context? As in, sleazy obnoxious or as in white trash? The "charming" threw me off.

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Anonymous wrote:I read that the French spoken in Quebec is equivalent to what the English colonists spoke and that the language sounds more stagnant and old-fashioned to the French. Is this true? In any event, Quebec is beautiful and I was so envious and impressed how the Quebecois switched effortless between English and French.

The English colonists spoke English not French...

What?? You're kidding. The English colonists spoke English?? I had no idea.

No. What I meant is that French language stagnated similarly to what it would sound like if we spoke colonial English today, hence the word "equivalent" and not "is" or "was." In other words, Canadian French sounds like Ye Olde French to the French today.

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.

This is absolutely true. Lived in France for several years and the French definitely think the people in Quebec are hokey.

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Excuse me I live in California and Mexican Spanish is the worst, the accent is awful and yes people in Spain do laugh about it like they do about Canadian accents in France.

That's ok, everybody else in the Spanish-speaking world laughs at the Castilian Spanish accent.

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Anonymous wrote:Have any of you people with negative images of French Canadians been to Montreal or other parts of Quebec? Montreal is a spectacular city and Quebec is a beautiful province. No, French Canadians are not French (as in from France), but they have their own beautiful culture. Go visit Montreal - you’ll be blown away!

According to wiki, many millions in Quebec have French ancestry. "French-Canadian" is descent based, not language based.

Not sure if this is right. I'm canadian, english speaking family originally from quebec. My understanding is my heritage is "quebecoise" but certainly not french canadian (obviously). I have friends whose descent was european non-france who grew up in ontario but went to certain french certified schools, and when they graduated they got some kind of certification from the government that they were now "french canadian". So my understanding is french canadian is purely language based and nothing to do with france.

Quebecoise person here. Not french. Quebecers are charming but more laid back bordering on dirt baggy compared with parisiennes. I'd say more like spain or even portugal vis a vis france.

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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.

Excuse me I live in California and Mexican Spanish is the worst, the accent is awful and yes people in Spain do laugh about it like they do about Canadian accents in France.

Anonymous wrote:French Canadian here who lived in France and Switzerland-

I worked VERY hard to successfully lose my French Canadian accent. The accent is awful and yes the French think you speak funny, but in a cute way like we laugh about Alabama accents. People the world over love Canadians (especially now) and an ugly accent isn't going to change that. But yes they do giggle and think the accent is bad.

A French Canadian speaking with a French or Swiss accent is a sad thing...

French Canadian here who lived in France and Switzerland-

I worked VERY hard to successfully lose my French Canadian accent. The accent is awful and yes the French think you speak funny, but in a cute way like we laugh about Alabama accents. People the world over love Canadians (especially now) and an ugly accent isn't going to change that. But yes they do giggle and think the accent is bad.

Anonymous wrote:I read that the French spoken in Quebec is equivalent to what the English colonists spoke and that the language sounds more stagnant and old-fashioned to the French. Is this true? In any event, Quebec is beautiful and I was so envious and impressed how the Quebecois switched effortless between English and French.

The English colonists spoke English not French...

I read that the French spoken in Quebec is equivalent to what the English colonists spoke and that the language sounds more stagnant and old-fashioned to the French. Is this true? In any event, Quebec is beautiful and I was so envious and impressed how the Quebecois switched effortless between English and French.