As someone who studied Canadian French, going to France was an experience. My French wasn’t great to begin with, but having French people switching to English immediately really discouraged me from trying.
Oh no, I have a family friend with a similar story. She was raised in Ontario by French Canadian parents, and when she was a teen they went on holiday to France (Paris), and for some reason she didn’t think and started speaking French Canadian only to be told by a Parisian woman that she sounded “ugly”.
I learnt French from someone who is from the south of France (Toulouse, IIRC), so the harsh accent is super noticeable to me, it’s sort of strange.
My sister who speaks Latin Spanish has said she has a slightly similar issue with European Spanish, especially if they start talking fast, use slang or even certain expressions.
As someone who studied Canadian French, going to France was an experience. My French wasn’t great to begin with, but having French people switching to English immediately really discouraged me from trying.
Oh no, I have a family friend with a similar story. She was raised in Ontario by French Canadian parents, and when she was a teen they went on holiday to France (Paris), and for some reason she didn’t think and started speaking French Canadian only to be told by a Parisian woman that she sounded “ugly”.
The Quebecois accent is very harsh, to be fair. Only realised it when I heard proper French.
I learnt French from someone who is from the south of France (Toulouse, IIRC), so the harsh accent is super noticeable to me, it’s sort of strange.
My sister who speaks Latin Spanish has said she has a slightly similar issue with European Spanish, especially if they start talking fast, use slang or even certain expressions.