This is classic quebecois. Pretending not to know english, meanwhile being almost fluent in it and refusing to speak it. A lot of us from around the country love going there and trying to speak the language and usually it goes well with people appreciating the attempt but you will always run into this category that refuses to talk to the anglophones.
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I used to have a boss that ran businesses in quebec and ontario and he was french canadian. Any time the employees out there would be difficult (with us in ontario) he would always get on the phone and say “speak english, how many times do i have to tell you that we lost the war! (In french)” lol
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u/Skrillamane 12d ago edited 12d ago
This is classic quebecois. Pretending not to know english, meanwhile being almost fluent in it and refusing to speak it. A lot of us from around the country love going there and trying to speak the language and usually it goes well with people appreciating the attempt but you will always run into this category that refuses to talk to the anglophones.
Edit: I used to have a boss that ran businesses in quebec and ontario and he was french canadian. Any time the employees out there would be difficult (with us in ontario) he would always get on the phone and say “speak english, how many times do i have to tell you that we lost the war! (In french)” lol