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Parlez-vous quebecois?
No, not so much.
I am off to the Great White North on Tuesday for a conference followed by some Staying Around and Sightseeing. Youpi! So far I have made all of my Montreal hotel reservations in English. I am a-feared of the Quebecois French. I'm afraid of all their funny ways of saying things and their different accent and their reputation for looking down on French-from-France and for speaking perfect accentless English to people who try to speak French to them.
I was telling someone at dinner that I might just chicken out and try to pass myself off as an American Who Speaks No French, but then I mentioned the Palais du Congrès convention center and realized that I'd already given myself away and I should be training to pronounce it pal-ace de con-gress. I am a fraud and shall be revealed as such!
Sorry, Quebecers.
srah - Saturday, 20 May 2006 - 12:24 PM
Tags: french, language, montreal, quebec, travel
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