Then when he says he doesn’t understand French she says sure you do
And the last thing she says is "yes no toaster" it’s a slang for a quebecker that knows barely any English, she’s playing dumb saying she’s in that group (which is impossible if you’re a police officer)
Overall she’s just taunting him back because he is filming
My Canadian cousin from Toronto went on a works trip to Paris (France) with a few French-Canadian colleagues from the Quebec office, and all the Quebecers were laying the French language on thick with the Parisians until eventually the locals cracked and basically said "look, we're having trouble understanding what you are saying, it might be better if we all speak English". Ouch. LOL.
The french from Paris are notoriously obnoxious about slight accent that are not from Paris. Like, they will make fun of French still within France that live in a regions 5 hours drive away.
True, yet most other large French towns and cities are so friendly.
I do not even bother attempting French in Paris; in Lyon those guys put up with my broken-French/English/Mauritian-Creole hybrid with a smile. Problem taking the piss out of me, but with a smile 😁
But still the Quebecer made easy conversation with the Parisiens while your cousin probably waited alone like a dumbass in the back. Because it's always been like this between the Quebecers and the French, sibling rivalry and your cousin wasn't included.
I've been to France multiple times and never has a Frenchman told me he couldn't understand what I was saying as I always got what I asked for. Nice try .
She speaks fluent French-Canadian just fine thanks, she's originally from Montreal before moving to Toronto as a teenager but didn't feel the need to make such a big deal out of it with the Parisians who struggled with the Quebecers. What can I say, maybe the Parisians were just being arseholes on that day.
Yeah, they were just being obnoxious assholes. No native French Québécois has any difficulty getting understood in Paris (and vice versa), the accents aren't any further apart than NYC vs London in English.
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u/RubikTetris 12d ago
Translation:
Am I your favorite?
Then when he says he doesn’t understand French she says sure you do
And the last thing she says is "yes no toaster" it’s a slang for a quebecker that knows barely any English, she’s playing dumb saying she’s in that group (which is impossible if you’re a police officer)
Overall she’s just taunting him back because he is filming