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   Hello Shaun,   
      
   14 Mar 22 10:39, you wrote to me:   
      
    SB> I've often been told that there is a great deal of similarity with   
    SB> French and Spanish. I would also assume that Mexican Spanish isn't the   
    SB> same as Spain's Spanish, the same as Quebec is different from France,   
    SB> and for the same reason.   
      
   Both French and Spanish are Romance languages and if you can speak one, you    
   can generally understand the other.  Quebec French is its own animal. :D   
      
    SB> Hey! There's a Buscuit Leclerc ("Leclerc Cookies") factory in my town.   
    SB> Coincidence, or connection?   
      
   The same company.  At the time I worked for them they had four factories in    
   the US (two in Kingsport, TN, which is near me; one in Montgomery, PA; and    
   another in Phoenix, AZ; the two in Kingsport were my "home office") and I was    
   the IT tech for all four.  I left because they weren't paying me enough to    
   cover all four factories.   
      
    SB> That's the polite way of saying it...if you switch 'fiche' with   
    SB> 'chalisse' it becomes a lot less polite! Basically, 'I don't care'   
    SB> becomes 'I don't give a fuck/shit'.   
      
   I was warned about that and told not to do that in polite company.   
      
    SB> Word of advice: if a Quebecer suggests you use the words 'chalisse',   
    SB> 'christ', 'sacrament', 'tabernac' (basically anything having to do   
    SB> with the church), tell him 'I'm English, not stupid.' (o_-)   
      
   I know the history of the Catholic church in Quebec and how the more words you    
   add on, the dirtier it gets.   
      
    SB> Bon Cop, Bad Cop. Somehow, I knew it would be that scene... (^_^)   
      
   From what I understand, that is the preferred clip to explain how to swear    
   like a Quebecer.    
      
    SB> That was literally the first movie I watched, after moving east, also   
    SB> because a local guy recommended it. I was having a lot of trouble   
    SB> understanding how people talk (and think) here, and he said this would   
    SB> help. He wasn't wrong! And it was a good, fun movie to boot. They even   
    SB> made a sequel.   
      
   I have not seen the whole movie but that scene really makes me laugh and it    
   does a great job of explaining things.  That guy in the trunk makes me laugh    
   at how he helps to "explain" things.   
      
   -- Sean   
      
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