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Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Apr 17th, '24, 20:08
by Hotarla
yeah. i used to hear that people from France think that quebecois french is not like true french. or like they don't recognize it.

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Apr 17th, '24, 22:57
by Kuuki
Oh, I do recognize it as true French, it's actually closer to the French spoken during the Revolution and before so technically theirs is the true French.
It's just that it's not an accent I'm used to very much and hearing it randomly in the streets, when it's already a very touristy area where a lot of languages are spoken, is always a challenge because my brain thinks it should know this language but it's different.

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Apr 17th, '24, 23:40
by Hotarla
Well I just heard that Quebec French and France French was different. I don’t have much comparison but that’s what I’ve heard anyway.

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Apr 18th, '24, 03:52
by lunar_eclipse66
As a person who has experienced both, they are very different. Quebec French has a lot of slang words essentially its like comparing British and American English.

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Apr 18th, '24, 05:59
by Hotarla
Ohhhh so like there’s a very particular and obvious accent then.

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Apr 18th, '24, 07:18
by Kuuki
Spoken it's even worse than the difference between British English and American English. At least those are both instantly recognizable as English. Quebec French and French French is a bit less instant.

But yeah it's a very particular and obvious accent. But we do understand each other most of the time.

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Apr 18th, '24, 07:39
by Hotarla
Woww I had no idea. Now I’m interested in hearing what the differences are.

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Apr 18th, '24, 16:29
by lunar_eclipse66
Yeah there are whole words and phrases that are just different. In my opinion Canadian French sounds a bit choppier.

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Apr 18th, '24, 23:07
by Hotarla
I see. I’m tempted to findd some YouTube video just to hear the differences lol.

Re: Candy Caravan Chat

Posted: Apr 18th, '24, 23:30
by Kuuki
Go for it! It is indeed pretty interesting.
The regional differences in languages is pretty interesting in general.