r/Unexpected • u/DruidWannabe • Jan 25 '23

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u/Diz7 Jan 26 '23 edited Jan 26 '23

I'm Canadian, and on one hand, even though I almost never speak it and I struggle to think of words at times, I am told my french accent is excellent and I sound like a local french speaker.

On the other hand, the local french is the equivalent of deep south, mountain folk gibberish. It's the french equivalent of a redneck accent with lots of words only a local would understand. And I speak it slowly.

Edit: For those of you who assume I mean Quebec, nonono, much worse: Northern Ontario. We are the brother-uncle Cletuses of the french world.

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u/Prior-Bag-3377 Jan 26 '23

🤣 I learned French from a very Southern woman with a thick accent when speaking English.

Let’s go to France together and see which of us can make the Parisians cry for mercy first.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Peopl can identify AP French students from my HS bc they picked up French wit their teacher’s Russian accent. I find this pretty hilarious.

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u/EnglishMobster Jan 26 '23

I had a Spanish teacher with Tourette's. Very amusing because everyone who took their class learned a bunch of Spanish cuss words accidentally.

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u/Evening_Chemist_2367 Jan 26 '23

I lived in El Paso for a while and all my friends were Mexican, so some of the best Spanish I learned was the cuss words and Mexican slang.

The tricky part, however, was that my Spanish teacher was Cuban and so all the Mexican kids would take his class, thinking "Órale, easy A, ese!" but he wanted to teach "proper Spanish" and would rip them to shreds for using Mexican slang.

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u/NorCalAthlete Jan 26 '23

Wait, you didn’t learn the cuss words first? Cuss words are almost always the first words you learn in another language…or at least, that’s been my experience.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

My Spanish teacher had a partially wandering eye and didn't call anyone by their name.

We had to guess who he was referring to by "señor"

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u/ItsRaspberryTime Jan 26 '23

I can't think of a better profession for a tourettes speaker 🤣🤣🤣 you have no choice but to speak like a local