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[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Les estis de français du plateau ☝️

[–] CubitOom 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

"Je ne comprends pas le français" is the extent of my french...I mean that and

But once I went to Montreal with a friend from Paris, and he was so pissed off that no one spoke "French"

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 7 points 5 months ago

Translation : fucking French from the Plateau (quarter)

That’s an ongoing joke in Montreal that French people come live at the Plateau just to be asshole, they don’t know shit about winter but try to explain to you that Converse and -40° Canuck is an acceptable wear for the season.

Omelette au fromage

Funnily enough French tend to talk in English to Quebecers in Paris