Out & About in Montreal ☕️🇨🇦 Answering Your Questions & Speaking French!

[@AndreaHeckler]

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[@karenkingrey6142]

I sure do enjoy your videos! So glad. So glad to have new ones!!❤

[@AndreaHeckler]

Thank you!! And thanks for watching! 🥳

[@Cat-sw3jn]

Your french is soooo good!

[@AndreaHeckler]

Thank you, that means a lot! ☺️

[@pierreabbat6157]

Does anyone say «computatrice»? In Spanish, it's "computadora" on this side of the Pond, but in Spain it's "ordenador", which is totally clear to me, since I also speak French. Thanks for your answer!

[@AndreaHeckler]

I haven’t heard “computatrice”, although I wouldn’t be surprised to hear “computer” because people here can use anglicisms with an impressive fluidity sometimes! 😛

[@musfiqurrahman3657]

Did you see the gold fish families that live in the Beavers lake? 🐠

[@AndreaHeckler]

No, I didn’t realize there were goldfish! I’ll have to look next time 😊

[@ademers03]

What you will notice in Quebecois, we have stuck with old French words for hundreds of years. Also old way of pronouncing it. It evolved, of course, but in general that's what happened with our French. Andrea I don't know if you have access to a car, but let us know if you want recommendations of places to visit outside of Montreal!

[@AndreaHeckler]

I have noticed that, although there are also certain ways that Quebecois can surprise you and seem more modern than France French too! Language evolution is fun 🤩

[@simplypositive6690]

I love Québecois, the accent as well as all the differences that there are with French from France. One thing that I always find funny is that Québecois use a lot of words that would seem very "old" in France, and same with the names. Some of their very young and actual names would probably be more suited for a 50/60 yo person in France and vice versa. And some words are not to be used in the same way if you want to avoid weird looks (just have a look at what "gosse" means in French from France and Québecois ;) )

[@AndreaHeckler]

Naming conventions are so fun! You have a little bit of the same effect between the US and UK, where there’s a lot of overlap until suddenly you find a name on one side of the pond that sounds quintessentially British or American and doesn’t fit at all in the other 😂

[@tomaslaskovsky722]

Merci beaucoup pour votre réponse honnête à ma question (NY ou Paris). Je vous souhaite bonne chance et bonne santé pour l'avenir et j'attends avec impatience de voir d'autres vidéos. Thomas d'Allemagne ❤

[@AndreaHeckler]

Merci !!

[@samueldevulder]

TBH, Paris today is a horrible city (lots of dirt, lots of rats, lots of roadworks, lots of violence, etc.). I think you're better off in Montreal than in Paris now.

[@AndreaHeckler]

It has its ugly sides and its beautiful sides! Like all big cities, unfortunately 😅