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Nobody in France is treating Quebec as a backwater colony, not even as a colony. It is all in your head. Quebec has a very good image in France.
by ekabod 3y ago
Nobody in France is treating Quebec as a backwater colony, not even as a colony. It is all in your head.
Quebec has a very good image in France.
- coldtea 3y agoYou'd be surprised. Though I think you've misunderstood the parent's comment. THe parent doesn't literally mean that they think of Quebec as a colony. He means that they look down upon Quebec people, as if they are "ploucs" [from some backwater colony], without their French "sophistication" and accent.
- ttoinou 3y agoBut parisians think that of the whole world, so it's not particulary meaningful. If you're hurt by parisian attitude, you've failed the "I shouldn't give a fuck" test they're making you pass ;)
- Apocryphon 3y agoIt's ironic because Quebecois French might be closer to the pre-Revolutionary King's French than the speech of the sans-culottes. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220829-the-royal-roots-of-quebecs-french https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220829-the-royal-roots-...
- hydrok9 3y agojust one example but I did meet a french guy once who said that all Quebeckers were racist backwater hicks who drank moose blood for fun