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> It also doesn't help that French and Quebecois French are different dialects to the point of almost being different languages. No, just no, they aren't and I

> It also doesn't help that French and Quebecois French are different dialects to the point of almost being different languages. No, just no, they aren't and I can speak both. I don't know if you are a native speaker, but It's tiring to have your own language (or 'dialect') explained to you. For what it's worth, France has dozens of regional dialects as well.

cydonian_monk 7y ago
Not a native French speaker, no. Apologies if that one-sentence broad generalization was tiring to you - I meant neither to explain nor be exhaustive. ;) Obviously they're not different languages - I was a bit exaggeratory in that regard. And I do understand both, in as much as I understand either. French is my third or fourth most proficient language after English, Spanish and maybe German, but I never get to use it (or German for that matter). The two are however different enough in some pronunciation and idioms that we ultimately had to do a second localization to support both. And the differences reported to us ran the spectrum from simple things, such as how to correctly pronounce the (cardinal) number 1 (a cleaner "un" compared to what sounds to my ear like "arn"), to the longer phrases one might expect to hear in a voicemail prompt. Ultimately our translation department got things ironed out, but it was a (somewhat amusing/bemusing) learning experience for us.
- gerbilly 7y ago
  It's ok. I have another response in this thread about the origins of the Parisian accent (because it really is a new invention) compared to the Québec accent. Also in Martinique, they speak with a less sing-songy accent than they do on the mainland. I personally enjoy all the variations of my language, and especially appreciate the language that is 'of the people'.
droussel 7y ago
I am a French speaking Québécois and do work with many French people (downtown Montreal). You can't deny that the French French and Québécois French uses a lot of different words. They are still the same language for sure, but we often have so much fun exchanging funny expressions. A funny anecdote was when I was working with a guy name Jean-Nicolas and all the Québécois people called him Jean-Nic. That was very funny to the French guys hehe

cydonian_monk 7y ago

Not a native French speaker, no. Apologies if that one-sentence broad generalization was tiring to you - I meant neither to explain nor be exhaustive. ;) Obviously they're not different languages - I was a bit exaggeratory in that regard. And I do understand both, in as much as I understand either. French is my third or fourth most proficient language after English, Spanish and maybe German, but I never get to use it (or German for that matter). The two are however different enough in some pronunciation and idioms that we ultimately had to do a second localization to support both. And the differences reported to us ran the spectrum from simple things, such as how to correctly pronounce the (cardinal) number 1 (a cleaner "un" compared to what sounds to my ear like "arn"), to the longer phrases one might expect to hear in a voicemail prompt. Ultimately our translation department got things ironed out, but it was a (somewhat amusing/bemusing) learning experience for us.

gerbilly 7y ago
It's ok. I have another response in this thread about the origins of the Parisian accent (because it really is a new invention) compared to the Québec accent. Also in Martinique, they speak with a less sing-songy accent than they do on the mainland. I personally enjoy all the variations of my language, and especially appreciate the language that is 'of the people'.

droussel 7y ago

I am a French speaking Québécois and do work with many French people (downtown Montreal). You can't deny that the French French and Québécois French uses a lot of different words. They are still the same language for sure, but we often have so much fun exchanging funny expressions. A funny anecdote was when I was working with a guy name Jean-Nicolas and all the Québécois people called him Jean-Nic. That was very funny to the French guys hehe