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| mistael Groupie United States Joined 6834 days ago 48 posts - 51 votes  1 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Russian | Message 1 of 20 19 September 2006 at 3:54pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I am going to study in Sherbrooke QC, Canada. I was talking to a Belgian
man at the chocolate store and I told him I was going to be studying in Canada and he said "That is not real French." He said he was unable to understand them. This kind of made me self conscience because I always knew that the Canadians speak a different dialect of French, but I don't know exactly howmuch difference there really is. My question here is do you think I will pick up on their accent if I study there for one year? I might just stay for six months depending on my budget. I have a difficult enought time understanding my French teacher at my home campus. I just don't want to learn a more widespread French, I heard that they speak different slang and have many different idioms in Quebec... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| lengua Senior Member United States polyglottery.wordpre Joined 6695 days ago 549 posts - 595 votes Studies: French, Italian, Spanish, German | Message 2 of 20 19 September 2006 at 4:17pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Don't let language snobs keep you from learning languages. It is possible to maintain one accent while in one location without forgetting another. If you don't trust yourself to be able to understand and make yourself understood in multiple locations, the only people you'll be able to talk to in French will be people from France. And that is just the tip of the Francophone world.
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| mistael Groupie United States Joined 6834 days ago 48 posts - 51 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Russian | Message 3 of 20 19 September 2006 at 4:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
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thanks, that is encouraging. I just hate it when people are negative.
I meant to say I want to learn more of a widespread French in the last sentence or so.. Edited by mistael on 19 September 2006 at 4:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Coovertown Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6740 days ago 57 posts - 58 votes Speaks: Korean, English* Studies: French | Message 4 of 20 19 September 2006 at 8:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I actually prefer Quebec French for my French studies over the continental France one. Just a personal preference.
Also, the Belgian accent supposedly has a weird pronunciation of words that have the letters v due to the Flemish influence. So it works out that the Belgian man is cocky, but still looked down upon by the French, who too are considered cocky. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| dmg Diglot Senior Member Canada dgryski.blogspot.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 7022 days ago 555 posts - 605 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Dutch, Esperanto | Message 5 of 20 19 September 2006 at 8:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I must admit the Quebecois accent is starting to grow on me, even though I find it harder to understand.
As for Quebecois not being "real French", that's like saying "American" or "Australian" isn't "English." Check out the Quebec French Wikipedia entry for a more detailed history of the development of the Quebecois language. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Coovertown Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6740 days ago 57 posts - 58 votes Speaks: Korean, English* Studies: French | Message 6 of 20 19 September 2006 at 9:19pm | IP Logged | |||||
I always did wonder if the French taught in English Canada was from France, or of the Quebec kind. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6779 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 7 of 20 19 September 2006 at 10:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
French from France, more or less — like what is spoken on Radio Canada. This might be because there's no single standard for Canadian French. You have Québecois, Franco-ontarien, and Acadian (and maybe others). 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| justinwilliams Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6700 days ago 321 posts - 327 votes 3 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Italian | Message 8 of 20 19 September 2006 at 11:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm from Quebec and I'd assume that my accent is quite representative of the French being spoken in the Quebec province. It may be worse or better depending on who's speaking. Fortunatly or not, I'd say that, if they want, Quebecers can switch to a more standard French in term of vocabulary at least the accent being something kind of hard to get rid of. If you find someone that is willing to help and to listen as well as step-up his speaking a bit you'll be on your way. I was working with a Romanian and we we're able to communicate well. But, what happened with most people is that they didn't let him talk. I mean that they we're doing a monologue instead of giving him the chance to speak. I guess this is that way with all languages. Anyways. Still, in some places like in Saguenay they have a different accent. If you try this link http://www.tvsoda.com/LanguageLog/media/justin_.wav or http://www.tvsoda.com/LanguageLog/media/cynthia.wav or http://www.tvsoda.com/LanguageLog/media/justin_1.wav you will find audio files of me or my girlfriend reading texts. I have to admit that reading makes me sound more standard as I am obviously not using idoms or slang. I'd say Quebec's French is to France's French what American's English is to the England's one. Edited by justinwilliams on 19 September 2006 at 11:27pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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