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 Message 8445 
 Sean Dennis to Shaun Buzza 
 Re: Request 
 13 Mar 22 12:22:05 
 
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-=> Shaun Buzza wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

 SB> NON! C'est pas bonne! C'est pas bonne encroyable! Est-tu malade? (o_O)

No, I'm feeling just fine, promise (I used to speak Spanish and did pick up
a little French along the way).  I understood all of that except
"encroyable".

I say that phrase as that's how it was taught to me by Quebecers. 

 SB> Just a reminder that most Canucks speak (our own version of) French...
 SB> :)

Quite.  I was once in the employ of Leclerc Foods USA which is part of
Leclerc Foods out of Quebec.  I learned a few French-Canadian phrases that I
probably shouldn't say here.

One phrase I was fond of saying was "Je m'en fiche!" all the time to my
Quebecer boss and he'd laugh and laugh at my very mangled accent.

One of my former Quebecer co-workers told me that "even the French can't
speak French, especially in Quebec".

He sent me this link to explain to me how to swear like a Quebecer[1] (NSFW 
but
really funny): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUGW0jszPzo (for those who do
not speak French, turn on closed captioning).

-- Sean

1 = To understand why this is funny to an American, read this article about
the unique way Quebecers swear (NSFW): https://tinyurl.com/5f32mrmy

... I don't make mistakes.  I date them.
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