• President Camacho@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    They don’t even understand French from other countries.

    Source : Je suis Canadien français mais je parle anglais quand je vais en France. C’est beaucoup moins chiant.

    • Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 day ago

      Ce n’est effectivement pas qu’une question d’accent. Ils utilisent des mots différents pour désigner certaines choses. Dites-vous aussi « quatre-vingt-dix-neuf » au lieu de « nonante-neuf » ?

      • Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        Yeah, I’m from New Jersey but took French in middle and high school, and eventually, at 19 say let’s do this thing, and I go to Montreal, and imagine my surprise when I have no idea what the fuck they’re saying. And I make friends with a couple on a cruise from Gatineau, and my god, it’s even harder to understand. I was failed by my education!

        And when I go to Paris and speak French they’re like “Okay you can stop,” which to me means good enough! The New Jersey accent is quite unlike the French accent, it seems.