Dont speak french but need a job in montreal

[Lyndarn]

Originally Posted by jacqueline Felo

You are kind of rude.

Awwe don't feel at all offended..It's that attitude that many living in Montreal have been projectining for decades..Course That will not be helpful in tourism nor finding the best and the brightest in business, huh?..Bilingual communications has always been part and parcel ..BUT to actually be so bold to suggest..Unless you speak French you aren't welcome is beyond the pale!!

Rude..and hey..wait till you hear how the francophones swear..It's actually funny..They swear in English..BUT if Anglophone swears in french..IT's fighting words..It's been like that since the mid 60's..and won't change..

If you can work there inside of a bubble with same minded folks..it's not a problem....I moved there in 1964..and young enough to learn the Patois ..local french..and actually understood it within a year or so....FYI Patois is actually english using a french accent with a twist of aberrant Parisian...There are many dialects of french throughout Canada..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_French

[Acajack]

Wow. This thread really sucks.

[qwertyjjj]

Originally Posted by kent2780

[font=Helv][font=Helv]I don't understand either why so many on this forum insist that is impossible to get a job in Montreal if you don't speak French.

Because they believe what they read in the papers.
There's plenty bit I will day this from the English people I've met in Montreal. The English speakkng jobs are either on the low end or higher end... middle grade pay salaries are not as available for some reason.

[qwertyjjj]

Edit for typos
There's plenty but I will say this from the English people I've met in Montreal...the English speaking jobs tend to be either on the low end or higher end... middle grade pay salaries are not as available. I'm sure they exist but the language might become a barrier there.

[jambo101]

Wonder if our op ever made it to Montreal..

[qwertyjjj]

Originally Posted by jambo101

Wonder if our op ever made it to Montreal..

LOL - who resurrected this thread then

[jambo101]

I dont get the impression this thread was resurrected it just seems to be dragging along since 2011.