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   Hello, Rob!   
      
   Tuesday January 14 2025 00:33, from Rob Mccart -> MORTAR M.:   
      
    RM> I'm Canadian in spite of the possible tag line and it's a bit of a   
    RM> joke here how the French are against non-French speakers. We are   
    RM> (were?) pretty much forced to take French in school in the non-French   
    RM> provinces and I took it for 4 years. That doesn't do much for you in   
    RM> Quebec though since the French they teach us in School is 'Paris'   
    RM> French, not Quebecois French.   
      
   Quebec definitely has its own thing going on with their teachers. Outside   
   Quebec, you'll probably come across some New Brunswick ones too. I can usually   
   pick up on the NB accent - it's closer to QC French, but still different. Kind   
   of like a knockoff Belgian French, if you know what I mean.   
      
   At the same time, I've noticed that French teachers from France often head to   
   Montreal or Quebec because it's so easy for them to find work there. It's an   
   interesting mix, for sure.   
      
    RM> I have a few French Canadian relatives so I know quite a bit of the   
    RM> slang and how to swear 'properly' so I maybe can fit in a bit better.   
      
   Young Quebecois tend to use the F-word a lot in their French, which honestly   
   sounds pretty funny to me. I always stick to the Quebec-specific swearing   
   though. What's amusing is that French people won't be offended by it, nor will   
   they really understand it. Let me explain - coming from other languages,   
   swearing usually revolves around things like anatomy or intercourse, right?   
   But in Quebec, their swearing is all about calling out the church inventory.   
   Seriously!   
      
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