Subj : Re: Request
To : Alan Ianson
From : Dan Clough
Date : Sun Mar 13 2022 05:55 pm
-=> Alan Ianson wrote to Dan Clough <=-
>> Just a reminder that most Canucks speak (our own version of)
>> French... :)
> But is that really true? Or just for Quebec?
AI> It is true. When a person from France is trying to communicate
AI> with a Canadian the language barrier is quite large because the
AI> french spoken in Canada is different than french spoken in
AI> France.
Yes.... what I meant was "do most Canucks speak French"? My understanding
was that it was mostly only used in the Quebec province, and perhaps some
of Ontario.
> I know quite a few Canadians in the western provinces that know nothing
> more about French than I do.
AI> Although I took french in school (it was a regular class in those
AI> days) I can't speak or understand it now because french is not
AI> used much in the west. It has been lost on me at least.
This is what I was referring to. I don't think it's correct to say
that "most" Canadians speak French.
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