Some reasons why the French language is the worst...

[Vergennes]

like this..............

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Take as exemple Œufs (plurial of egg) : œufs is just pronounced ø. All those letters for that.

I think if you went to Quebec and listened to how they actually pronounced things you'd be calling them hillbillies.

 

[Vergennes]

I think if you went to Quebec and listened to how they actually pronounced things you'd be calling them hillbillies.

You know,it was apparently how our ancestors were actually speaking. However,when Québec was cut off from France,we both evolved differently.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

You know,it was apparently how our ancestors were actually speaking. However,when Québec was cut off from France,we both evolved differently.

So is "pret a manger" pronounced "pret a monjay" or "pray a monjay"

 

[Vergennes]

So is "pret a manger" pronounced "pret a monjay" or "pray a monjay"

 

[fitpOsitive]

funny.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

It's all Greek to me.

Anyway the Quebec French speakers say "pray".
I think it's supposed to be "Pret-ta monjay"

 

[Vergennes]

@Hamartia Antidote


I think that 'pretta' and 'pray' can both work here.

I'll be honest with you,I have never heard nor ever heard someone saying prêt à manger. In fact,that's the first time I see it.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

A little taste of Finnish.

 

[Mr.Cringeworth]

@Vergennes @Hamartia Antidote . found an interesting video about the difference between France's french and Quebec french.

personally i like the France's french because it sounds so elegant and posh just like British english, on the other hand Quebec french sounds a little harsh but i read somewhere that it is actually an older version of french which is preserved there.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

@Hamartia Antidote


I think that 'pretta' and 'pray' can both work here.

I'll be honest with you,I have never heard nor ever heard someone saying prêt à manger. In fact,that's the first time I see it.

It's a sandwich shoppe.

Since it is not English everybody just mangles it. So they just use their own version.

"Pret a mangler"
"Pret a Manager"
"Pat my Manager" lol
"That store with the French name that isn't Au bon Pain"

 

[Cthulhu]

It's also very, very useful for impressing the chicks it seems

Nope, The best way to get chick is to use a Persian accent

 

[Vergennes]

@Vergennes @Hamartia Antidote . found an interesting video about the difference between France's french and Quebec french.

personally i like the France's french because it sounds so elegant and posh just like British english, on the other hand Quebec french sounds a little harsh but i read somewhere that it is actually an older version of french which is preserved there.

Lot of errors and clichés in the video though. Like in Québec,we also say 'bottes' not 'boots'. Anglicism is far more present in French Canadian than in French from France.

Casually,we also make a lot of contractions when we speak. Take as exemple 'Je suis',many people here would say something like 'chui' or 'jsui'.

It's true that French Canadian sounds a bit harsh. But French from Québec is actually the French that was spoken by those who settled in Québec when it was a French colony. It was the same spoken in Paris back at that time.

Even for me,it's very hard to imagine Louis XIV at the court of Versailles speaking like this.

When Québec was cut off from mainland France after the defeat in the Seven Years war,both our languages took different paths and evolved differently.

Just a fact you probably didn't know : Back at that time,the French wasn't the dominant language in the country,as it was only spoken by people at the court of Versailles or in Paris. Other people all over the country were speaking regional languages and dialects. In 1789 just before the revolution,barely 25% of the population spoke French.

A map showing the languages and dialects of France and the border regions.

 

[Nilgiri]

I was told that Ananas is french word for pineapple . I thought its " Urdu" word for pine apple

Older base 20 system has legacy in french number system. Its thus a composite now, but easy to get used to.

Only sound strange when you convert word for word into English or another language with specific names.

As for pineapple, many languages use the anana - root. In Tamil its Anasi. It stems from original tribe in south america name for it that Spanish adopted and spread to others.

English just saw that the outside pattern looks like pine cone, hence pine apple. More of an exception than rule. The scientific Genus name remains Ananas (Latin).

Anglicism is far more present in French Canadian than in French from France.

Le weekend?

Here we tend to say fin de semaine still

 

[Vergennes]

Le weekend?

Here we tend to say fin de semaine still

The problem is that over here fin de semaine actually means the end of the working week.

If someone says he will call you at the fin de semaine,you are going to expect to be called on thursday or friday. Nobody would expect to be called on saturday or sunday.