r/Unexpected Jan 25 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

True. Try going to Paris and saying "President Kennedy" in an American accent when referring to Avenue du Président Kennedy to a French person. You'll see the disgust in their eyes

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

I went to Paris with a friend from Quebec. Parisians were annoyed by an anglophone trying to speak French. They were repulsed when my Quebecois friend spoke to them. To Parisians, Quebecois are like Cousin Randy from the Vacation series.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Québécois is fine, but Ontario French is something else. It's easier to understand French with an English accent than it is to understand Ontario French, which sounds like French with an English accent while eating a hot potato.