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    SD>  SB> NON! C'est pas bonne! C'est pas bonne encroyable! Est-tu malade? (o_O   
    SD>    
    SD> No, I'm feeling just fine, promise (I used to speak Spanish and did pick   
    SD> up a little French along the way).  I understood all of that except   
    SD> "encroyable".   
      
   Incredible, or in this specific case, 'incredibly' :)   
      
   I've often been told that there is a great deal of similarity with French and   
   Spanish. I would also assume that Mexican Spanish isn't the same as Spain's   
   Spanish, the same as Quebec is different from France, and for the same reason.   
      
    SD>  SB> Just a reminder that most Canucks speak (our own version of) French..   
    SD>  SB> :)   
    SD>    
    SD> Quite.  I was once in the employ of Leclerc Foods USA which is part of   
    SD> Leclerc Foods out of Quebec.  I learned a few French-Canadian phrases   
    SD> that I probably shouldn't say here.   
      
   Hey! There's a Buscuit Leclerc ("Leclerc Cookies") factory in my town.   
   Coincidence, or connection?   
      
    SD> One phrase I was fond of saying was "Je m'en fiche!" all the time to my   
    SD> Quebecer boss and he'd laugh and laugh at my very mangled accent.   
      
   That's the polite way of saying it...if you switch 'fiche' with 'chalisse' it   
   becomes a lot less polite! Basically, 'I don't care' becomes 'I don't give a   
   fuck/shit'.   
      
   Word of advice: if a Quebecer suggests you use the words 'chalisse', 'christ',   
   'sacrament', 'tabernac' (basically anything having to do with the church),   
   tell him 'I'm English, not stupid.' (o_-)   
      
    SD> One of my former Quebecer co-workers told me that "even the French can't   
    SD> speak French, especially in Quebec".   
      
   I mean, that's true. It's definitely not francais parisienne. But it's a lot   
   closer to that than english!   
      
    SD> He sent me this link to explain to me how to swear like a Quebecer[1]   
    SD> (NSFW but   
    SD> really funny): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUGW0jszPzo (for those   
    SD> who do not speak French, turn on closed captioning).   
      
   Bon Cop, Bad Cop. Somehow, I knew it would be that scene... (^_^)   
      
   That was literally the first movie I watched, after moving east, also because a   
   local guy recommended it. I was having a lot of trouble understanding how   
   people talk (and think) here, and he said this would help. He wasn't wrong!   
   And it was a good, fun movie to boot. They even made a sequel.   
      
   Enjoy your day!   
      
   McDoob   
   SysOp, PiBBS   
   pibbs.sytes.net   
      
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