Subj : Request To : Shaun Buzza From : Sean Dennis Date : Mon Mar 14 2022 11:54:20 Hello Shaun, 14 Mar 22 10:39, you wrote to me: SB> I've often been told that there is a great deal of similarity with SB> French and Spanish. I would also assume that Mexican Spanish isn't the SB> same as Spain's Spanish, the same as Quebec is different from France, SB> and for the same reason. Both French and Spanish are Romance languages and if you can speak one, you can generally understand the other. Quebec French is its own animal. :D SB> Hey! There's a Buscuit Leclerc ("Leclerc Cookies") factory in my town. SB> Coincidence, or connection? The same company. At the time I worked for them they had four factories in the US (two in Kingsport, TN, which is near me; one in Montgomery, PA; and another in Phoenix, AZ; the two in Kingsport were my "home office") and I was the IT tech for all four. I left because they weren't paying me enough to cover all four factories. SB> That's the polite way of saying it...if you switch 'fiche' with SB> 'chalisse' it becomes a lot less polite! Basically, 'I don't care' SB> becomes 'I don't give a fuck/shit'. I was warned about that and told not to do that in polite company. SB> Word of advice: if a Quebecer suggests you use the words 'chalisse', SB> 'christ', 'sacrament', 'tabernac' (basically anything having to do SB> with the church), tell him 'I'm English, not stupid.' (o_-) I know the history of the Catholic church in Quebec and how the more words you add on, the dirtier it gets. SB> Bon Cop, Bad Cop. Somehow, I knew it would be that scene... (^_^) From what I understand, that is the preferred clip to explain how to swear like a Quebecer. SB> That was literally the first movie I watched, after moving east, also SB> because a local guy recommended it. I was having a lot of trouble SB> understanding how people talk (and think) here, and he said this would SB> help. He wasn't wrong! And it was a good, fun movie to boot. They even SB> made a sequel. I have not seen the whole movie but that scene really makes me laugh and it does a great job of explaining things. That guy in the trunk makes me laugh at how he helps to "explain" things. -- Sean .... If a circuit cannot fail, it will. --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707 * Origin: Outpost BBS * Home of the FidoGazette! (1:18/200) .