Please Stop with the French Titles !!!!

[skieur]

...but is that really French you all speak up there, eh?

Of course it is. Those who have come from Europe recently speak "International" French. Those francophones born in Canada will speak Canadian French in formal settings but otherwise Quebecois, Acadian, or local French. The merchant and educated French from Normandy area arrived in Canada in the 1600s and later, so from the 1600s to the present, the French language developed differently in Canada than in France.

For anglophones, the Canadian pronunciation of French may be some of the challenge as well as some vocabulary. In France certain words are anglicised that are not in Canada and vice versa. France: un hotdog Quebec: un chienchaud France: un mecanicien Quebec: un mecanique

Then there are some interesting expressions such as "Chauffer le char." (Start the car or more literally "warm up the chariot"

 

[Derrel]

QwanShintero asks that this thread please be deleted. Inappropriate French.

 

[Kolia]

Nobody in Quebec orders a "Chien Chaud" and expect a hotdog !

"Chauffer un chars" means to drive a car. If you want to heat it up you will go "Réchauffer le chars"...

In France, they use English words pronounced the French way but they generally have no idea it's not an "original" French word.

The French Canadian pronunciation is closer to old French.

 

[Kolia]

Nobody in Quebec orders a "Chien Chaud" and expect a hotdog !.

Well, maybe some do and might actually get a hotdog. They should get a beating for being all fancy tho !

 

[pixmedic]

meh...Texas is better than Maine anyway.

That's a long shot.

it was a joke. just a joke. rehashing an old thread reference. im sure you remember. again, just a joke because i remembered that thread.
no harm no foul right? :hug:: 'cause....EVERYONE knows Colorado is the BEST state. :lmao:

 

[skieur]

Nobody in Quebec orders a "Chien Chaud" and expect a hotdog !

"Chauffer un chars" means to drive a car. If you want to heat it up you will go "Réchauffer le chars"...

In France, they use English words pronounced the French way but they generally have no idea it's not an "original" French word.

The French Canadian pronunciation is closer to old French.

L'appellation « chien-chaud »
Jusqu'aux années 60, le terme « chien-chaud », qui est en fait un calque du mot anglophone « hot dog », était utilisé au Québec. Même si le mot « chien-chaud » est un calque de l'anglais, l'Office de la langue française (maintenant connu sous le nom de l'Office québécois de la langue française) n'a pas condamné ce mot

There is also a famous restaurant called Le Roi des chienchauds.

The s on char is a typo, however although rechauffer is correct, chauffer is used in speech.

 

[Kolia]

Quote all you want.

I'm the native French Canadian here...

And I'll put as many silent s's as I want !

 

[Kolia]

Here, you can do your groceries online !

http://magasin.iga.net/Search/BasicSearch.aspx?ps=50&fb=&s=&os=&t=41&Search=Hot dog




All in good fun

 

[cgipson1]

meh...Texas is better than Maine anyway.

That's a long shot.

it was a joke. just a joke. rehashing an old thread reference. im sure you remember. again, just a joke because i remembered that thread.
no harm no foul right? :hug:: 'cause....EVERYONE knows Colorado is the BEST state. :lmao:

I used to believe that... until I couldn't ski anymore. Now the winters just SUCK!

 

[ghache]

A french acadian here, I was born in north east New-Brunswick. I moved in Ontario for college and now live in quebec and i would never order a Chien-chaud. People would look at me like i was a fool LOL

My ancestor, Michel Hache Gallant came from montdidier, france.

 

[Kolia]

St-Malo in my case.

 

[skieur]

Quote all you want.

I'm the native French Canadian here...

And I'll put as many silent s's as I want !

Sure, a native French Canadian in Ohio....soon to be an American. That says it all.

 

[Kolia]

Can't you tell ? With my outrageous accent ?

French Canadian American, Common Wealth Citizen with partial Italian adoption ! (Lived near Maranello for 2 years...)

 

[manaheim]

This post strikes me as... mildly haughty.

Oh we're talking about the French.

Never mind.

 

[pixmedic]

Can't you tell ? With my outrageous accent ?

French Canadian American, Common Wealth Citizen with partial Italian adoption ! (Lived near Maranello for 2 years...)

this is how I imagine all french are.