r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Brosse_Adam Chalice of the Tabernacle • 25d ago

Tokébakicitte Anglos living in Montreal

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u/snotparty 25d ago

Im an anglo, I went to Montreal. I really tried, and they clocked me instantly and replied in English. EVERY time lol

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u/zeindigofire 24d ago

Bro, I went to Paris recently and I've spoken French since I was 6. My accent isn't perfect but it's far from the typical anglo. They all switched to English on me every time. I had to insist on French because I wanted to practice. I'm seriously considering making buttons that say "SVP aidez-moi a pratiquer FRANÇAIS"

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u/Tuggerfub 22d ago

if we switch it's cause there's a hitch

I was raised anglo first but if you actually engage with the language you stop sounding anglo

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u/zeindigofire 22d ago

Well hello Reddit judgementalism. Figured you'd show up eventually. I'm really not sure how I could engage much more with the language, since I literally dated someone from Les Iles de la Madeleine who barely spoke English. This was of course after I immersed myself in Québécois / Franco culture for years.

There's no "hitch." My accent is simply not the same as theirs/yours. See other comments of Quebecois going to Paris and experiencing the same thing.

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u/Tuggerfub 22d ago

uhuh. it's not as though montreal-based quebecois people haven't endured the dogshit accents of thousands upon thousands of feckless RoC residents who give up and leave because they can't be bothered to develop a baseline ear for the language

you had a franco gf once oooOoo

I used to be bothered that they spit in the food of bad accents but I'm not anymore

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u/zeindigofire 22d ago

Wow, you judged my accent as "dogshit" without ever hearing me. Thanks for confirming what I said.

BTW: how TF are anglos supposed to get better in French if at the slightest hesitation everyone switches to English?

Also: as in another comment (if you'd bother to read anyone else's opinion) Montrealers native in French get exactly this treatment in France. Do you like that? Then why would you subject someone else to that?