Subj : National Anthem
To   : MORTAR M.
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Tue Jan 14 2025 00:33:00

NA> > P.S. I lived in Quebec from 2009 to 2012 and picked up some Quebecois
  > > French. Native French speakers always laugh when I speak to them, though!

MM>That would seem to jive with various things I've heard about Quebec being int
  >rant to non-French speaking people, even when it's their own countrymen.

I'm Canadian in spite of the possible tag line and it's a bit of a joke
here how the French are against non-French speakers. We are (were?) pretty
much forced to take French in school in the non-French provinces and I
took it for 4 years. That doesn't do much for you in Quebec though since
the French they teach us in School is 'Paris' French, not Quebecois French.

I have a few French Canadian relatives so I know quite a bit of the slang
and how to swear 'properly' so I maybe can fit in a bit better.

As I understand it though the French people in France are almost as bad
about non-French speakers so it may be cultural, although there they are
not too crazy about Quebecois French either. I think to them it would be
like Cockney English to the more Educated people in Britain..   B)

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