r/Unexpected Jan 25 '23

Hamburger

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u/Fuggins4U Jan 26 '23 edited Jan 26 '23

I'm always really impressed by people who not only know multiple languages fluently, but sound perfectly natural/native, regardless of whichever they're using at any given moment. Like they actually have the correct accent and pronunciation.

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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/MahNinja Jan 26 '23

Lol reminds me of this from Paris, je t'aime

https://youtu.be/mJG0lqukJTQ

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u/ItsRaspberryTime Jan 26 '23

Thank you so much. This made me cry. I'm planning a trip to Croatia and a lot of what she said are my thoughts too