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Are you implying Montreal is just like Paris because French is spoken in Montreal? Its been my experience that the Quebec francophone is not all that comfortable with that analogy and feel their culture to be something entirely different than the general European French speaking culture.
A place does not have to be just like Europe in order to feel foreign to Americans...
The implication in post 17 was that francophones in Montreal were just like Europeans,i was trying to make the point to our American friend that Its been my experience that the francophones i know balk at the assumed similarity,
And going to a foreign country without leaving North America (for us people from the States).
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Originally Posted by jambo101
Are you implying Montreal is just like Paris because French is spoken in Montreal? Its been my experience that the Quebec francophone is not all that comfortable with that analogy and feel their culture to be something entirely different than the general European French speaking culture.
No, not implying Montreal is like Paris. I was implying there's a larger difference between Montreal/Quebec compared to the States than is other parts of Canada compared to the States.
Are you implying Montreal is just like Paris because French is spoken in Montreal? Its been my experience that the Quebec francophone is not all that comfortable with that analogy and feel their culture to be something entirely different than the general European French speaking culture.
I seem to remember a thread about this on this forum.
Quebec is very much a North American society. People there are obviously more attuned than North America's English speakers with what's going on in France, because they can consume French media. But culturally, people in Quebec are far closer to the rest of us in North America than they are to Europeans.
(If it needs explanation, I find this to be a very good thing. I find people in Quebec to be very warm and welcoming, very tolerant of differences - ethnic, sexual, etc. - and very egalitarian. Things, I would argue, that aren't necessarily European hallmarks.)
The implication in post 17 was that francophones in Montreal were just like Europeans,i was trying to make the point to our American friend that Its been my experience that the francophones i know balk at the assumed similarity,
That's not at all what post 17 says. It says that going to Quebec for Americans is like going to a foreign country without leaving this continent.
That's not at all what post 17 says. It says that going to Quebec for Americans is like going to a foreign country without leaving this continent.
In combination with the quote i got the impression the post was referring to Quebec as just like going to Europe without leaving N.America,. OK then Quebec is just like Europe.cue Edith Piaf and light up another Gouloise
In combination with the quote i got the impression the post was referring to Quebec as just like going to Europe without leaving N.America,. OK then Quebec is just like Europe.
Again... not really. I guess we all see what we want to see!
In any event, my sense is that the statement is that some Americans might not expect a "foreign" country experience when they cross their northern border. (Pretty sure they expect one when they cross their southern one.)
In combination with the quote i got the impression the post was referring to Quebec as just like going to Europe without leaving N.America,. OK then Quebec is just like Europe.cue Edith Piaf and light up another Gouloise
I don't think I've ever heard Edith Piaf anywhere I've been in Quebec.
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Perhaps not but her and her songs are pretty much household names here. There are a number of touring artists who do imitations (most cities or regions have at least one, sometimes more) and her songs are also covered by regular artists from time to time, and used in ads, movies, etc.
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