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| dmg Diglot Senior Member Canada dgryski.blogspot.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 7017 days ago 555 posts - 605 votes  1 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Dutch, Esperanto | Message 9 of 13 24 December 2008 at 11:42am | IP Logged | |||||
It is quite easy to live in Montreal and speak nothing but English, or at least have a very limited amount of French. Yes, you'll be missing lots of fun French things, but to say that living in Quebec as a anglophone is far from easy is provably false. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6278 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 10 of 13 24 December 2008 at 11:56am | IP Logged | |||||
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French is widely taught in schools and is hardly considered an exotic language. Its vocabulary has a huge overlap with English, so that is an advantage for Anglophones. On the other hand, pronunciation can be difficult and the spelling is only somewhat easier than English spelling. I would say other Romance languages like Spanish or Italian are easier.
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| spykel Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 5833 days ago 40 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Scottish Gaelic | Message 11 of 13 24 December 2008 at 1:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
I briefly lived in Montreal, and I can attest that it's actually quite difficult to live there as an anglophone. For starters, you won't be able to find a good job unless you speak French well. Perhaps you could be a janitor or a shelf stocker in west Montreal with only English. I've heard this second hand mostly, I wasn't there looking for a job (and my French is pretty good anyway). But really, the hardest thing you'll have to deal with is the anglophobia. French-speaking Montrealers have a long history of bitterness towards anglophones, and typically treat them like sludge. Waiters will ignore you or spit in your food, bus drivers will sneer at you, students will heckle you and tell you to get out of their "pays". And if Parisians are rude to people who are trying to learn French, they are nothing compared to the rudeness of some Montrealers! Even if my French was better than their English, people would still roll their eyes at me, tell me that my accent was awful and that I had no right to learn their language anyway. Some people were actually offended that I spoke French. Certainly not everyone though, I don't mean to generalize. It is a beautiful city with plenty of nice, friendly people in it. Just be prepared for a few uncomfortable confrontations if you plan to live there long-term. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| linus Diglot Newbie Korea, South Joined 5827 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: Korean*, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish | Message 12 of 13 27 December 2008 at 12:35am | IP Logged | |||||
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For Koreans whose language structure is different from that of European languages, French might be quite hard. Edited by linus on 27 December 2008 at 12:38am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| eoinda Tetraglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5954 days ago 101 posts - 113 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, Spanish, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 13 of 13 29 December 2008 at 9:30am | IP Logged | |||||
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If you are serious about this then you don't have to ask how hard it is, you can learn any language if you are
serious about it. Edited by eoinda on 29 December 2008 at 9:30am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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