Learning French in Europe I got told my accent was Parisian when in Montreal(I think they meant European, not ‘good’. but I’ll take it over English lol).

I’m curious about how Canadian French / European French view each others language, and how that compares to American / British English

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    1 year ago

    From what I heard, Québécois have no problem understanding European French accents due to exposure to French media. On the other hand, a lot of French people find Québec accents a bit difficult to understand because of the lack of exposure to it.

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      1 year ago

      From my experience that’s fairly accurate. Although I’d say it doesn’t take very long for French people to start understanding our accent, like by the end of a week long trip they’ll understand 95% of it.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not so much our accent as it is the jargon in my opinion. The Quebec french speakers can use a lot jargon that may seem or come off a little hillbillyish to European french speakers.