While the French tend to keep things more formal, Quebecers like to pepper their sentences with expressions that would raise some eyebrows among those who aren't from Quebec. Heck, it raises eyebrows among many of us who are from Quebec. So, when Montreal content creator Aly Brassard put one Quebec expression to the test during her travels to Paris last month, it's no surprise that her linguistic victims were completely confused.
In a side-splitting display of trans-Atlantic humour, a Montreal TikToker recently challenged French people in Paris to imitate the unique Quebec accent. The results were nothing short of a linguistic rollercoaster, with a number of rather timid subjects among some courageous and occasionally impressive attempts.