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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5381 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes  Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 25 of 43 25 May 2011 at 9:51pm | IP Logged | ||
Again, depends on where the person is from. It can be similar to Québec French, typical of New Brunswick French, or even Chiac, which is a complete mixture of the two. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JLA Triglot Newbie France Joined 4897 days ago 25 posts - 33 votes Speaks: French*, English, German Studies: Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 26 of 43 20 July 2011 at 1:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Québécois are mostly nice people. I am from Lyon (France) and I have spent 3 months in Sherbrooke (Quebec) a few years ago without encountering any kind of hostility related to my accent. As long as you respect people they will accept you and understand that you speak the language the way you learned it. I don't expect someone who has learned French in Quebec (be it a Quebecois or let's say someone from Boston who has spent time in Quebec) and who come to France to speak like me (actually, it would be a pity, the Quebecois accent being very nice).
Your acceptance will have much more to do with your attitude in fact. I did pick up some Québécois during my stay and had some "calice" and "hostie" coming naturally to me after a while and it just made people laugh or smile because it was natural. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| SamD Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6659 days ago 823 posts - 987 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 27 of 43 21 July 2011 at 2:23am | IP Logged | ||
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My sister moved to Montreal and married a Quebecois man and the language in their household is Canadian French. We were at a family get-together in Toronto, and she called her husband on her cell phone and I spoke to him for a few minutes in French.
As I was getting ready to end the conversation, I said "Embrasse les gosses pour moi," which in France would mean "Kiss the kids for me." Regrettably, "gosses" refers to a plural part of the male anatomy in Quebec. You can only go so far with continental French. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| scarlett Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4877 days ago 19 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 28 of 43 24 July 2011 at 3:50am | IP Logged | ||
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One really good resource for learning Québecois French is http://www.tetesaclaques.tv/.
Very funny....kind of annoying...but very Québecois. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| liveafresh Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 4902 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchC1 Studies: Italian | Message 29 of 43 25 July 2011 at 10:19am | IP Logged | ||
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As a Canadian, I would really like to learn the variety of French spoken in my own country, but sadly it
seems all the good beginners' resources (Pimsleur, Michel Thomas, etc.) focus on Parisian French. Obviously there are a number of resources available for learning Québec French, but generally I've found that they're simply not as effective. In the next couple of years I plan to study abroad in France, and after graduation move to Québec for perhaps one or two years to achieve fluency. Hopefully I pick up the accent. Edited by liveafresh on 25 July 2011 at 10:21am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Dr. POW Groupie Canada Joined 4965 days ago 48 posts - 58 votes Studies: German, English* Studies: French | Message 30 of 43 17 August 2011 at 4:19am | IP Logged | ||
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If Parisian French is to Québec French as British English is to American English, then I
don't think that going from one to another will be that hard. The grammar isn't going to be very different, so starting off learning Parisian French isn't that bad. Learning the Quebecois accent can be done by listening to Radio-Canada/CBC, and all the words used only in Quebec can be learned off the internet. This is a site I've been checking out from time to time, showing how French is spoken on the streets of Quebec. http://offqc.com/ 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5381 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 31 of 43 17 August 2011 at 3:18pm | IP Logged | ||
That's a nice site. Everything I've read so far seems pretty accurate. There was an article about a Québécois being accused of attacking a French guy in Dublin because the French guy made fun of his accent! http://fr-ca.actualites.yahoo.com/dublin-un-qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9c ois-accus%C3%A9-voies-fait-234735547.html 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| AriD2385 Groupie United States Joined 4850 days ago 44 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 32 of 43 17 August 2011 at 5:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Please forgive me if this question sounds somewhat ignorant, but it is an honest question--why would a Parisian accent be considered snobbish when spoken by a foreigner? If you are not from a country, why would it be expected that you have the accent of that country? To me that would seem like my going to Ireland and attempting to speak English with an Irish lilt. But that would seem slightly ridiculous to me and I would fear that it would come across as condescending to the Irish people I encountered.
I have learned something, though, about Quebeqois culture. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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