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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5380 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes  Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 17 of 167 27 September 2012 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
Tarvos, why not give the course a try? It might just change your mind... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4706 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 18 of 167 27 September 2012 at 4:13pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I read the first chapter, actually. Québécois is simply not my thing. I have been to
Quebec and have heard and seen it online as well - I really simply don't like the sound of it. But it's very good that this material is out there. I simply prefer Belgian French. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 emk Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5531 days ago 2615 posts - 8806 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish, Ancient Egyptian Personal Language Map | Message 19 of 167 27 September 2012 at 5:38pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Personally, I find Quebec French to be a bit like Australian English—I wouldn't personally call it beautiful, but it's fun to hear and it has a lot of character. This is, of course, a purely subjective judgement.
But my real motives for buying this course are simple: I know cool people in Quebec, and I'd love to explore the countryside a bit more. Now, English + intermediate French is more than enough to get by in Montreal and Quebec City. But when I start talking to people from Trois Rivières and other mid-size cities, I spend way too much time saying "Pardon?" So I've really been looking forward to a book with lots of listening exercises. And the French base is a real plus: It means that it's possible to cover the material very quickly. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5380 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 20 of 167 27 September 2012 at 6:58pm | IP Logged | |||||
This kind of comment on the beauty of Québécois -- or lack thereof -- might offend some Québécois, but personally, I’m not longer concerned with this kind of perception because for everyone person who dislikes the accent, there is another who loves it – it's really very subjective. Instead, I’m concerned with the transmission of knowledge to those who need it and cannot find it. I’ll be really interested in hearing what kind of reaction you receive from the people you mention after you’ve done the course, or to what degree your comprehension has improved. Edited by Arekkusu on 27 September 2012 at 8:34pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| emk Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5531 days ago 2615 posts - 8806 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish, Ancient Egyptian Personal Language Map | Message 21 of 167 27 September 2012 at 8:26pm | IP Logged | |||||
Well, I certainly wouldn't want to offend anybody! It's rare that I find a dialect beautiful. Even the dialect of my childhood town sounds, by turns, colorful and nostalgic, and whatever beauty it possesses is a subtle thing. Fortunately, Québécois is by no means ugly to my ear. It sounds friendly, a bit colorful (which is no bad thing) and largely pleasant to hear.
Well, my big focus will be comprehension. I'd love to drag my listening skills up to a solid B1, and I expect that your book will be invaluable for that. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Baracuda Groupie United States Joined 5804 days ago 53 posts - 81 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French, Russian, German | Message 22 of 167 28 September 2012 at 1:41am | IP Logged | |||||
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Congrats Arekkusu!
Great to know there is a resource for Quebecois available. I'll be getting this book soon. Where does one get the recordings? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5380 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 23 of 167 28 September 2012 at 3:12am | IP Logged | |||||
Thanks! The book contains a link where they can be downloaded. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5380 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 24 of 167 30 September 2012 at 8:54pm | IP Logged | |||||
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