SquidPredator Honestly, I live in MTL and I find it to be way less european than people think it is, at least aesthetically. The old port looks european, but that area is very small, and despite there being nothing to do there is usually where the tourists go. The city itself is very metropolitan, and I would say is a lot more like New York than any big european cities.
Der Kommandant It's cool. I always found it hard to master, despite being born here my french is still pretty bad. I'll likely have to move elsewhere soon to get better work
Randy Ng So? I'm sure I could find a Torontonian who would say that exact same thing about women in Toronto, that's debatable, how do you even prove that?
I like how there are people commenting as if they never knew quebec or french people existed in North america. How ignorant can you be, how could you not know about quebec?
The one thing very noticeable about the reactions of the people he interviewed is that their reception was more European-like, kind of like more innocent reactions mixed with alot of amusement at this guy's character. There reactions and responses were just different from the people in Toronto and Niagara Falls videos.
Montreal is a great city if you hang out with a local who knows how to have fun... I travelled there for a week in 1999 and ended up staying for a month and a half... awesome place!
Montreal is the greatest City in the World! I once got a haircut there by a smokin hot naked "hairdresser", while she was on my lap! The hair cut was awful, but I didn't care.
They do have the hottest chicks. Hottest strippers, and the hottest hookers. The hookers we got were so friggin hot, and they weren't super expensive. It was the best time of my life. The night clubs were something out of a movie. We went to this night club (I think our was called opera or something like that), and when we were waiting to get in, there was a guy sitting on the side of the road shooting up heroin. That was the only bad part.
"I used to be emo, okay?" Finally, the queen of hipsters finally admits the unforgiving truth... millions of emos disappeared and BAM, they grew moustaches and cut their hair and crawled out of their holes...
Thisis Hilaruious, but it unfortunately misses a LOT of Montreal, especially when it comes to the culture of Montreal and Quebec. I have been living in the greater Montreal area ofor many years, and speak English, French and Spanish - but I am only a mere beginner polyglot. In the streets of Montreal you will easily find some 80 languages in a day, and a multi-generational cultural mix that you will never have enough years to fully scrute! Here, (in Quebec) the French will say of Montreal: > Literal Translation: "Montreal is an island in the province of Quebec" Explanatory translation" Montreal geographically is an island in the province of Quebec, BUT what is really inferred and meant is that Montreal is a _cultural and linguistic_ Island in the province of Quebec. French, being one of the world's 5 romance or emotive languages, usually is not pragmatic as with English. so no matter how little French you may know, listen to the sounds, or parlance. If you can speak a bit, use even that little with ernest mind and intent. /that can be enough to litght up your listener like a Christmas tree at times, although so many here take bilingualism almost for granted in more recent years. (Parlance IS a legitimate English word, older than all North America. Historically, it came to Britain at the time of King William if Normandy from France as with many other English words of French etymology. However many English speakers here have forgotten 2/3 of ther own language.) In French, they would use the word > on an everyday, take it for granted basis to mean the same, without a second thought! (In Spanish it is "idioma".) Language-emotive cultures are language proud, but that very pride also drives the quality of those languages and their communicative abilities, as well as much of that strong cultural synergy. It is so important that this be understood by all for the common good of all! Beyond that, if you travel outside of Montreal by about a mere 35 miles, you will likely find little spoken but French - it is almost like a different country! But by virtue of tasking the time and patience to accept and understand, you will find yourself amply emotionally rewarded. Again, In french the classic word > says it all. The translation of that is better found in reading the child's French literary classic . check out your local bookstore for a copy in any of a number of languages. when I say classic, it went down in history for its child-level depiction of an abstract human concept too seldom understood by adults, yet teachable to adults and children alike!
5:40 "Are you into heavy metal?" "Yeah a little bit. I like Slipknot ... well that's pretty damn heavy actually." Jesus fkn Christ, hate to hear what he thinks about gangster rappers like Avril Lavigne and such.
dude that guy was a poser.... most heavy metal bands come here and it is insane! Maiden, megadeth, even mercyful fate concerts here! lots of old-school band tour here
***** It doesn't translate into "fuck" like in the video. English swear with sexual. Quebecois Sacres are related to Catholicism. Like Tabernak = Tabernacle. or Calisse = Chalice.
It's not "redness at the mention of sex," it's redness at doing another intense heavy metal impression, but I thought two was overkill, so I edited out the second one. The shit you guys comment about...lol...
You should have gone to Quebec City for the real Quebec experience, although it would have been more difficult to find people who speak english for the interviews.
"how do you say you're a handsome american" "you don't say that" lol as a montrealer that's 100% true. I love americans, but the francos really, really don't.
***** What part is bullshit? You going to actually rebut something or are you just going to insult me? Just yesterday I was at heavy MTL flirting with some quebecois girls from Quebec city. They said not only that Americans shouldn't visit this province at all, but that anglos don't have a right to have a culture here at all either, and visiting americans just encourage that. Couldn't even make that shit up. No but seriously what the fuck do you know? You a franco quebecer, is that what you're saying? At least I'm making a point, you're just attacking someone. Who's the one trying to feel special, really...
@@ildio7987 But American is a nationality haha. Same as being French and Canadian. If you were not born in France you are not French. If you were born in Canada, but your ethnicity comes from France you are still Canadian. You are just Canadian that can speak French haha.
During the seperation vote in 1995 they accused the opostion of being anti French. The mayor of Montreal said Montreal is and always will be a French city.
I have never heard the mayor of Toronto or any other North Amercian city saying we are a Englsih city. In Milwaukee my hometown yes we speek English but I never would think of us as an English city we are an American city. Toronto is not an Englsih city Montreal is not a frech city they are Canadian cities.
Sacre Bleu! Lol, that expression is barely ever used in France let alone French Canada. Many Americans fail to realize that Canadian French is very different from the French spoken in France in both pronunciation and diction, syntax and semantics. Yes two people from France and French Canada would not have a problem communicating but nevertheless the difference in pronunciation, diction and idiomatic expressions are great. Sort of like like an American-English speaker meeting up with someone from Ireland for the first time. Great video Joe, youre pretty funny. good job.
Yeah we do, most of us who live on the border between Quebec and Ontario are bilingual and it's mandatory to know both languages if you want to work north of Ottawa river (Quebec's provincial side). *Edit:* If you mean between Quebec French and France French, there can be a few terms that can differentiate the two cultures which can sometimes, but more rarely, confuse the listener. :P
O.K., I'm a 38 years old Québecois, for 20 years I've lived in Montréal. 1. Yeah, women here are quite amazing. 2. That video was shot exclusively in the Old Port area. There are basically 3 kinds of people in Le Vieux Port : tourists, homeless people and people living in Montréal wanting to see the river. 3. That Joe guy is obviously not a documentarist, he is kind of a not-so-funny comedian. Still, I enjoyed that video. 4. When we Québecois say we are French doesn't mean we think of ourselves as Français from France. It's understood. So when we hear a US blockhead talking about the québecoise culture to make a few jokes, it's a bit like the N word. We say we are french. We get it, we use that word; you don't get it, you use it at your own risk. 4a. I firmly believe that people of all countries are welcome here in Montréal. Safest metropolis in America.. 5. Tabarnak is the most rude-intense swear word we got, so if you are not sure stick with : ostie, ciboire or the plain old fuck ! 6. At 2:40 the girl with the purple top says : Va donc chier. It means : Go take a shit ! She could have said : Va donc chier, mon ostie. But not : Va donc chier mon ostie de tabarnak. That would be too rude. 7. About poutine : I like poutine, I had a cat named poutine. But to reduce our culture to poutine is like me saying : you americans are just a bunch of gunbearing warmongering bastards. 8. We don't have that many beaches in Montréal. 9. At the 6:00 mark the video gets more interesting and less cliched. 10. We don't hate the Maple Leafs WE HATE THE BOSTON BRUINS !!!!!!!!
Colin Bell You have no idea of what you're talking about and clearly, you know nothing about its history. Only jews and blacks had it hard...yeah. North America was the stage of huge genocide of amerindians and it's barely mentionned anywhere. Quebec people are a moral and ethical force, you'll see, one day, at the ONU. If it wasn't for few clerics about 350 years ago, we would be extincts. Go read about Jeffery Amherst just for having a taste of what we endured. Just by our location, Quebec and Montreal should be the richest cities in North America but federalists and orangists are making damn sure it won't happen so they get all our money and ressources, milking us dry...and still being among the 24th richest nation in the world. Medias are lying to you. Train yourself to see beyond it and be a free thinker. Have a great day.
