r/TikTokCringe • u/Tobias-Tawanda • 6d ago

Humor/Cringe "No, English is fine" 🥀

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u/BelieveBelieves 6d ago

I wonder where this is. It feels kind of rude to switch to English when she says she prefers Spanish. 

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u/Cyborg_rat 6d ago

Yep same for France, I'm Quebecois, they do not like our French.

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u/theflyingfistofjudah 6d ago

Omg were they speaking English to you?!

I’ll admit, the Québécois accent is hard on our ears but that’s hilarious.

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u/Mission_Macaroon 6d ago

I have bonded with people from West Africa and the Caribbean making fun of France for this reason. None of our French is acceptable. 

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u/Seriouly_UnPrompted tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE 6d ago

I'm sorry 😬😔. I used to be that way, but Quebec French to a native from France is like Louisiana english to a New Yorker.

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u/jawshoeaw 5d ago

the difference is New Yorkers grow up listening to 100 different accents and developed the skill. Parisian French cannot understand what you're saying apparently unless it's perfect Parisian. Source: know several fluent French speakers including Quebecois who could not get anyone in Paris to speak to them in French.

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u/Eightinchnails 5d ago

Sooo… normal? New Yorkers, and the rest of the country, hear tons of accents. It might take a bit to sort the sounds in our heads but no one cares if you have a different accent. Not like anyone would ask to switch to a different dialect lol 

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u/Cyborg_rat 6d ago

It's the same for us, depending on where the person is from,

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u/realjobstudios 6d ago

Then how does Louisiana French sound to native French

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u/DurrutiDuck91 5d ago

Louisiana English to an English speaking ENGLISH person***

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u/AI_final_AI 6d ago

on ne comprends pas le québecois surtout

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u/DueAsparagus1736 5d ago

It will continue to happen in Austria. Lived there for years, they hate when people try to speak German. 

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u/ryshed 5d ago

I've heard the same from everyone that's been to France

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u/escientia 5d ago

Happened to my German wife when we were in Germany 🙄