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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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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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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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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.

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.

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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.

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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