Brad.. can we have a new forum heading?

[aFrenchie]

Originally Posted by Twitch

I've been told that people in France have difficulty understanding French Canadians although we have no trouble understanding you.

I remember a French Canadians speaking on TV news and I could hardly understand a whole sentence! The news clip used subtitles so we can understand . On the other hand, Quebecers are very understandable and very funny for us, even charming!

[HibyPrime]

Originally Posted by aFrenchie

I remember a French Canadians speaking on TV news and I could hardly understand a whole sentence! The news clip used subtitles so we can understand . On the other hand, Quebecers are very understandable and very funny for us, even charming!

Theres a difference? I have a lot of learning to do here...

[aFrenchie]

Originally Posted by HibyPrime

Theres a difference? I have a lot of learning to do here...

It may depend on which regions in Canada?
I know that even some Quebecers, also depending on their regions, can be a bit more difficult to understand than all others.

[brad]

aaahhh .. i always wondered about 'd'accord' ..

alizee says it a lot, it is very clear in the fun tv interview. I always thought it sounded like "day-ka" .. I had no idea what it meant (or how it was spelled), but assumed it was the same as OK.

Is that what she is saying in this video at about 1:20 - 1:22 ... or is it something else?

http://moi-alizee.us/play/?v=4

[HibyPrime]

Originally Posted by aFrenchie

It may depend on which regions in Canada?
I know that even some Quebecers, also depending on their regions, can be a bit more difficult to understand than all others.

This is how much of canada speaks french:



There are some speakers in Nova Scotia (east of Quebec), but definately not a majority.

[aFrenchie]

Originally Posted by brad

Is that what she is saying in this video at about 1:20 - 1:22 ... or is it something else?

http://moi-alizee.us/play/?v=4

Exactly. She says it 3 times in a row: 1:20 (indeed) then at 1:31 and 1:43

[aFrenchie]

Originally Posted by HibyPrime

This is how much of canada speaks french:



There are some speakers in Nova Scotia (east of Quebec), but definately not a majority.

Are you in this blue area?

[RadioactiveMan]

Normally in Canada we refer to Quebecers as French Canadians. Perhaps aFrenchie was applying the term French Canadian to any Canadian who speaks French.

Hiby, what about in Manitoba? I'm only asking since I'm not sure, but aren't there still French-speaking Métis there?

Edit: Hiby is in Toronto which is a little south of the blue area.

[Twitch]

Originally Posted by HibyPrime

Theres a difference? I have a lot of learning to do here...

Heck there are differences between if you grew up in Quebec city or Montreal. And Quebequers aren't shy to let you know about. Like how Maritimers are poked fun of by Westerners, well its the same with your French accent. And that's for the Francophones, they must really love it when an Anglophone shows up and tries to speak French. Especially one who's French is their second language. But it is usually done as friendly raillery like how people in Toronto usually bug us Maritimers.
Le Français Québécois
Expression Québécoise
Rant section: "Québécois French is nothing else than a national French", lines like that piss me off, Quebec is a Canadian province and not its own nation. It's bad enough that the last refferendum to separate came to a 49.42% vote to separate, but its when Quebec separatists bring the Quebec flag instead of the Canadian flag to the Olympics that they really piss me off.

[brad]

Originally Posted by aFrenchie

Exactly. She says it 3 times in a row: 1:20 (indeed) then at 1:31 and 1:43

thanks!!!! one of the first things that really got me hooked on alizee was that fun tv interview, and i loved it when she said that ... lol

never knew for sure what it was though