> The problem is, we don't speak the French most people learn here. Get > some Quebecois TV shows to see what I mean. You may be hurting yourself > if you are learning "France French".
hi, in my opinoion, it might not matter much which flavor of French you speak. What matters is that you participate and are interested in what is going on in the culture locally / in French. In France ,say, your water cooler conversations might be about le foot, the good old days of Zidane, Carla Bruni newest hairstyle, and Depardieu tax flight to Belgium.. and of course none of this has any relevance locally. In Quebec, people will talk about Roy Dupuis, Véronique Cloutier, Tout Le Monde En Parle, les enveloppes brunes, and le maire Rhéaume's latest outburst. In learning about those people/facts as soon as you get here, you would have something to talk about, with that cute France French accent no less, with about 3 or 4 million folks - quickly building a network of friends and acquaintances with whom you can have conversations within days of landing here, surely that's very helpfull to finding a job and building a life. Richard ______________________________________ Message envoyé par secure.coopmail.coop _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
