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Yea I have had heard disdain from born in France speakers who immigrated to Canada, about Quebecois or Canadian french. Alot is literal translation of English
by sergers 5y ago
Yea I have had heard disdain from born in France speakers who immigrated to Canada, about Quebecois or Canadian french.
Alot is literal translation of English to French, not using a specific french term or word for an item.
Example I always hear of: sour cream is translated to Crème Sure in Canada french.
Where while not always identical in product, proper France French term is Crème fraîche
- wwalexander 5y agoWhile they’re similar, crème fraîche and sour cream are different foods. Sour cream usually has additional ingredients and is noticeably more viscous, and has a much more sour flavor. You wouldn’t really want to put it on fruit or breakfast pastries like crème fraîche.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Sour cream usually has additional ingredients While sour cream may sometimes have additional stabilizers, the main difference (both are cultured cream products made with a similar process) is that crème fraiche has a significantly higher (~30%) than sour cream (~20%).
- belval 5y agoOfficial French from Quebec has some pretty atrocious words that where forcibly "adapted". My favourite example is "mél" which is "mail" as-in email. Before you ask, no, no one uses that.
- 908B64B197 5y agoOther way around. Quebec uses "courriel" and France has settled on "mél". https://blogs.mediapart.fr/robert-chaudenson/blog/210513/email-mel-ou-courriel-le-francais-nouveau-sur-le-tapis https://blogs.mediapart.fr/robert-chaudenson/blog/210513/ema...
- 908B64B197 5y ago> Yea I have had heard disdain from born in France speakers who immigrated to Canada, about Quebecois or Canadian french. Ironically, the brain drain seems to only be going one way. > Where while not always identical in product, proper France French term is Crème fraîche Rarely identical.