I have heard several times in my life that the French language is the same no matter where you are on the planet. So if a French speaking man from Vietnam, a French speaking man from Africa, a French speaking man from Paris and a French speaking man from Montreal were all talking, they would have no difficulty understanding each other.
Is it true? Sounds like bullshit to me
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Anonymous2013-02-20 19:44
The dif between quebec and french anglicism is as follows:
Les Français se garent dans un parking
Les québécois se parkent dans un stationnement.
Both have anglicisms, but they're different, therefore they always pick up the ones the others say.
And anyways, the point is moot when you know that a lot of english words come from french (and vice versa).
Fun fact: "flirter" comes from english: "to flirt", which comes from french: "conter fleurette".
Seriously though, from experience, whenever either side talks about the anglicisms of the others, they don't speak the language that well themselves.