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Loansey Jonesy @loanseyjonesy.bsky.social

Few things are as unpleasant as committing a minor order faux pas in Italy.

sep 2, 2025, 4:10 pm • 2 0

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Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social

Doing it in Paris so much worse!

sep 2, 2025, 4:11 pm • 1 0 • view
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Loansey Jonesy @loanseyjonesy.bsky.social

Once I hit ‘em with my French and then they immediately switch to English, that pretty much telegraphs that they are dealing with an idiot and they treat me accordingly.

sep 2, 2025, 4:18 pm • 3 0 • view
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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social

to them French Canadian = American English

sep 2, 2025, 4:22 pm • 2 0 • view
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Loansey Jonesy @loanseyjonesy.bsky.social

Ya I tried to excise the quebecois with a stint in the 4th, but mais c’est comme une tache de vin rouge dans le divan

sep 2, 2025, 4:26 pm • 3 0 • view
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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social

n'inquiète pas mon ami tu parles autant que tu veux and fuck them h8ers

sep 2, 2025, 4:40 pm • 1 0 • view
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Hazard @hazardfromharvard.bsky.social

My French wife and French-speaking children giggle uncontrollably when presented with the Canadian French accent. I really wish I could hear any difference so that I could partake in the mockery.

sep 3, 2025, 8:30 am • 4 0 • view
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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social

I’m not a native French speaker but I hear the difference profoundly and could almost not communicate in Montréal

sep 3, 2025, 8:54 am • 3 0 • view
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eggnog slut (withdrawal) @deus01.bsky.social

You should always speak only English in Quebec just to annoy people

sep 3, 2025, 10:47 am • 4 0 • view
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Loansey Jonesy @loanseyjonesy.bsky.social

And to honour the lives of the noble English speakers who died in the great language wars.

sep 3, 2025, 10:50 am • 4 0 • view
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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social

jamais! je vais power through en français 😉

sep 3, 2025, 10:55 am • 1 0 • view
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Loansey Jonesy @loanseyjonesy.bsky.social

If you (for whatever reason) find yourself back up in the holler (Trois Rivières / Laval) it feels like a lifetime of speaking the kings and then being thrown into Glasgow at a slam poetry night. Totally unintelligible

sep 3, 2025, 10:38 am • 2 0 • view